British Tar was launched at Whitby in 1814. She became a Liverpool-based merchantman, trading across the Atlantic with North America until she was wrecked in August 1840.
Career British Tar first appeared in Lloyd's Register (LR) in 1815.LR (1815), Supple. pages "B", Seq.№B17.
Year Master Owner Trade Source & notes 1815 T.S.Clarke Akenhead London–Hambro LR 1820 J.S.Clarke Simpson & Co. Liverpool–Copenhagen LR 1825 J.S.Clarke Akenhead Liverpool–"Mrmck" LR 1830 D.Clarke Akenhead Liverpool–Philadelphia LR 1835 Blinkhorn Simpson Liverpool–Newfoundland LR; larges repairs 1835 1840 Blinkhorn Simpson Liverpool–Savannah LR; larges repairs 1835
Fate British Tar, Blenkhorn, master, ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow, on 14 August 1840 and subsequently became a wreck. The coastguard rescued the crew, all of whom but Blenkhorn, deserted her. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Liverpool with a cargo of timber. British Tar floated off on 17 August and drifted down the channel."Multiple News Items". The Standard (London, England), 19 August 1840; Issue 5044. She was later reported to have gone to pieces.
Her entry in the 1840 issue of LR bears the annotation "Wrecked".Lloyd's Register (1840), Seq. №B426.
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