HMS Carnatic (1823)

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Name: HMS Carnatic
Ordered: 10 November 1817
Builder: Portsmouth Dockyard
Laid down: January 1818
Launched: 21 October 1823
Fate: Sold, 1914
General characteristics
Class and type: 74-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1790 tons (1819 tonnes)
Length: 177 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 48 ft (14.63040000000 m)
Depth of hold: 21 ft 2 in (6.5 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full 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.

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

[edit] 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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