Three ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
have borne the name HMS ''Carcass'', named after the
carcass, an early form of
incendiary bomb
A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the Exothermic process, exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy. Detonations inflict damage principally through ground- and atmosphere-t ...
or
shell:
* was an 8-gun
bomb vessel launched in 1695 and sold in 1713.
* was a 14-gun bomb vessel launched in 1740 and sold in 1748.
* was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1759 and sold in 1784.
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Royal Navy ship names