HMS Carnatic (1823)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Carnatic.

The ship's figurehead
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]

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 191.