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] Sometime prior to 16 September 1799 the American schooner "Violet" was capsized and sunk by a waterspout at (27°30′N 62°00′W / 27.500°N 62.000°W / 27.500; -62.000).

[3] On 11 May 1801 she, in company with HMS Sans Pareil and HMS Cumberland, made contact with USS Ganges in the West Indies, Lat 22.01 N.[4] On 17 May 1815, the Admiralty renamed her HMS Captain.

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