| Name: | TARTAR |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 26/08/1936 |
| Launched: | 21/10/1937 |
| Completed: | 10/03/1939 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1529 |
| Dimensions: | 1850disp - 2520disp, 355.5 x 36.5 x 9.8(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR geared, 44430hp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 36.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 4 x 2 x 4.7ins QF, 1 x 4 x 2pdr, 2 x 4 x 0.5ins guns; 1 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes; |
| 2 x depth charge throwers, 1 x depth charge rail | |
| History: | |
| 10/03/1939 | British Royal Navy |
| 06/01/1948 | Broken up |
| Comments: | A member of the TRIBAL Class of destroyers |
| Laid up for 17 weeks before delivery, awaiting availability of guns | |
| 06/01/1948: Sold to J Cashmore for breaking up at Newport (Mons) |
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