Carcass stuck in pack ice with Racehorse

8-gun Bomb vessel

• Launched in 1759
• Sold in 1784
• Nelson joined as Captain's coxswain in June 1773 and went with her on the Arctic expedition until September that year, under Commander Skeffington Lutwidge.

Career:

• 1759: In a squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral George Rodney, took part in a bombardment of Le Havre (a French town on the Channel coast of France), where boats and supplies had been preparing for an invasion of England.
• June-Sept 1773: With the Racehorse, went on an expedition to the Arctic to investigate a possible route to the East Indies, but got stuck in the ice and was forced to return to England.  Nelson was on board at this time. Capt. Skeffington Lutwidge
• 1778: Part of an escort for a convoy carrying troops to the West Indies.