Carnatic (1770 ship)
Newspaper photograph copied into A Liverpool Family: Three Generations of Liverpool Shipbuilders (H.S. Phillips, 1953). The original oil painting was lost in the destruction of the Liverpool Museum authorities' Ship Models room during World War II. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom of France | |
| Name | Carnatic |
| Namesake | Carnatic region |
| Launched | 1770 |
| Captured | 1778 |
| Great Britain | |
| Acquired | 1778 by capture |
| Fate | Wrecked 1–2 August 1781 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 850 (bm) |
| Armament | 24 × 9-pounder + 8 × 6-pounder guns |
| Notes | Three decks |
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Carnatic, launched in 1770, was an East Indiaman belonging to the French East India Company. A British letter of marque captured her in 1778. She became a transport. She was wrecked in 1781.