HMS Tartar was an torpedo cruiser of the Royal Navy, built by J. & G. Thompson at Glasgow and launched on 28 October 1886.Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905., p.81.
In 1899, a small naval brigade with a 7-pounder gun from the Tartar saw service in the Second Boer War.
She was one of twelve vessels sold at auction at Chatham Dockyard on 3 April 1906 and was sold for £5,450.
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