HMS Carcass (1759)

View of the Racehorse and Carcass 7 August 1773, when inclosed in the ice in Lat. 80° 37′ N.
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Carcass
Ordered	21 September 1758
Builder	Stanton & Wells, Rotherhithe
Laid down	28 September 1758
Launched	27 January 1759
Commissioned	27 June 1759
Out of service	Paid off in December 1781
Fate	Sold on 5 August 1784
General characteristics
Class and type	Infernal-class bomb vessel
Tons burthen	309
Length	91 ft 8 in (27.94 m) (overall) 74 ft (23 m) (keel)
Beam	28 ft (8.5 m)
Draught	8 ft 9 in (2.67 m) (normal) 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) (full)
Depth of hold	12 ft 1 in (3.68 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	60 (110 as sloop)
Armament	8 × 6-pdrs 14 × 1⁄2-pdr swivels 1 × 13 in mortar 1 × 10 in mortar (14 × 6-pdrs as sloop)

HMS Carcass was an Infernal-class bomb vessel of the Royal Navy, later refitted as a survey vessel. A young Horatio Nelson served aboard her as a midshipman on an expedition to the Arctic in 1773.