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History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Carnatic
Ordered10 November 1817
BuilderPortsmouth Dockyard
Laid downJanuary 1818
Launched21 October 1823
FateSold, 1914
General characteristics [1]
Class and type74-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1790 bm
Length177 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam48 ft 10+1⁄2 in (14.9 m)
Depth of hold21 ft 2 in (6.45 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades

HMS Carnatic was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 21 October 1823 at Portsmouth Dockyard. Her design was based on HMS Cornwallis, as completed.[1]

Carnatic was hulked in 1860, and sold out of the navy in 1914.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 191.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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