| Laid down | 22nd October 1959 |
| Launched | 19th September 1960 |
| Completed | N/A |
| Commissioned | 26th February 1962 |
| Fate | Sold: 1984 to Indonesian Navy |
| Builders | HM Dockyard, Devonport United Kingdom |
| Complement | 253 |
| Dimensions | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | 2300 tons std 2700 tons max |
| Dimensions | 360' x 42' 4" |
| Draught | 17' 6" |
| Armament | |
| Main guns | 2 x Vickers 4.5" (1 x 2) |
| Secondary guns | As built : 2 x 40mm (1 x 2) Refitted : 2 x 20mm (2 x 1) |
| Torpedo tubes | None |
| Other weapons | As built : ASW: 1 x Mk10 Limbo AS mortar Refitted : SAM: 8 x SeaCat (2 x 4) ASW: 1 x Mk10 Limbo AS mortar |
| Countermeasures | As built: N/A 1970: Corvus decoy launchers |
| Armour | N/A |
| Aircraft Facilities | |
| Aircraft | 1 x Westland Wasp |
| Flightdeck | N/A |
| Hangar | N/A |
| Catapults | None |
| Arrestor system | None |
| Aviation fuel | N/A |
| Electronics Fit | |
| Radar | As built: Type 903 tracking Type 965 surveillance Type 293 tracking Type 978 navigation Type 262 fire control Refitted: Type 903 tracking Type 965 surveillance Type 993 tracking Type 978 navigation Type 262 fire control |
| Sonar | Type 162 target classification Type 170 attack Type 177 attack |
| ECM | N/A |
| Other | MRS3 director |
| Machinery | |
| Engines | 1 x Babcock & Wilcox boiler 1 x Metrovick steam turbine 1 x Metrovick G6 gas turbine |
| Power output | 12500shp steam turbine 7500shp gas turbine |
| Speed | 28kts gas turbine 20kts steam turbine |
| Shafts | 1 |
| Range | 5300NM @ 12kts |
| Fuel | N/A |
In 1982 Tartar was given a rapid refit for the Falklands war, and recommissioned on
17th July 1982. Due to the Argentinian surrender, she saw no action.
Tartar was decommissioned on 31st March 1984 at Portsmouth. On 3rd April 1986, she
recommissioned in the Indonesian navy as the Hasanuddin.
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