His Majesty's Hired armed cutter Tartar served the Royal Navy from 14 July 1794 to 11 November 1801.
When he declined, the Duke of York landed his army near Den Helder on 27 August under covering fire from the fleet.
[3][Note 1] Tartar was a popular name for British privateers with some 23 letters of marque being issued between 1793 and 1815, covering what appear to be some eight or so different vessels.
[5] Benjamin Jelly Worthington received a second letter of marque, dated 5 July 1794, for the cutter Tartar, of 100 tons (bm), armed with ten 2-pounder guns and having a crew of 23 men.
After the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars, Worthington received a third letter of marque, this one dated 9 June 1803, for the cutter Tartar, of 103 tons bm, armed with eight 6 and 4-pounder guns, and having a crew of 26.