HMS Tartar (F43)
Quick Facts
- Ship Name
- HMS Tartar
- Launch Year
- 1937
- Type
- Destroyer
- Class
- Tribal-class destroyer
- Pennant Number
- F43
- Launched
- 1937
- Built at
- Swan Hunter
- Commissioned
- 1939
- Armament
- Guns and torpedoes
- Propulsion
- Steam turbines
- Role
- Destroyer
- Notable for
- Arctic convoy and Bismarck operations
- Fate
- Broken up
- Status
- Decommissioned
HMS Tartar was a Royal Navy destroyer of the tribal-class destroyer.
Service History
HMS Tartar served as a destroyer and is chiefly associated with arctic convoy and bismarck operations.
Historical Significance
HMS Tartar contributes to the history of the Royal Navy’s destroyer force and the development of tribal-class destroyer.