HMS Tamar (1863)

HMS Tamar at Malta, 1882
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Tamar
Builder	Samuda Brothers
Launched	June 1863
Fate	Scuttled off old Wan Chai Ferry Pier (near today's Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre), Hong Kong, 12 December 1941
General characteristics
Type	Troopship
Displacement	4,650 tons
Tons burthen	2,812 bm
Length	320 ft (98 m)
Beam	45 ft (14 m)
Propulsion	1 propeller; 500 hp (373 kW) steam plant
Sail plan	Barque rigged
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Armament	3 guns

HMS Tamar was a Royal Navy troopship built by the Samuda Brothers at Cubitt Town, London, and launched in Britain in 1863. She served as a supply ship from 1897 to 1941, and gave her name to the shore station HMS Tamar in Hong Kong (1897 to 1997).