Early 20th century copper outline of the Royal Navy Tribal-class destroyer HMS Tartar.

Mounted on an ebonised backboard with plaque: HMS TARTAR 1906

Width: 63 cm.

Height: 25 cm.

HMS Tartar was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Navy built by John I. Thornycroft & Co, Woolston, Southampton.

Laid down on the 13^th of November 1905, and launched on the 25^th of June 1907.

Tartar was 274 feet 3 inches (83.59 m) long, with six Thornycroft boilers which fed steam to turbines driving three propeller shafts. During the final sea trial on the 16^th of December reached a speed of 37.037 knots (68.593 km/h; 42.621 mph), a speed record.

During the First World War, she served in the North Sea and the English Channel with the 6th Destroyer Flotilla.