HMS_Carnatic_(1783)

HMS <i>Carnatic</i> (1783)

HMS Carnatic (1783)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

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

HMS Carnatic was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 21 January 1783 at Deptford Wharf.[1] The British East India Company paid for her construction and presented her to the Royal Navy.[2]

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Sometime prior to 16 September, 1799 the American schooner "Violet" was capsized and sunk by a waterspout at (27°30′N 62°00′W). 14 days later they were rescued by Carnatic. Four perished during the ordeal.[3]

On 17 May 1815, the Admiralty renamed her HMS Captain. Captain was broken up on 30 September 1825.[1]

Citations

  1. [1]
    Winfield (2008), p.57.
  2. [2]
    Hackman (2001), p.227.
  3. [3]
    "Naval Documents related to the Quasi-War Between the United States and France Volume Part 1 of 3 Naval Operations August 1799 to December 1799 August to September Pg. 191" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

References

  • Hackman, Rowan (2001) Ships of the East India Company. (Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society). ISBN 0905617967
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1861762467.


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