Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. HMS Tartar (F133) was a Tribal-class frigate of the Royal Navy (RN). She was named after an ethnic group (the Tatars), most of whom were located in Asia and Eastern Europe. Tartar was built by Devonport Dockyard. She was launched on 19 September 1960 and commissioned on 26 February 1962. Tartar undertook deployments to the West Indies and Far East and in 1968, Tartar deployed to the Persian Gulf, which was, at that time, quiet a tense period for diplomatic relations between the UK and Iran, which was then ruled by Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi. In 1975, Tartar began a Fishery Protection Patrol in the Barents Sea, and in 1976, Tartar got involved in the Third Cod War during the fishery disputes with Iceland.