HMS Superb (1760)

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Name: HMS Superb
Ordered: 20 December 1757
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 27 October 1760
Fate: Wrecked, 1783
General characteristics
Class and type: Bellona class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1612 tons (1637.9 tonnes)
Length: 168 ft (51 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 46 ft 9 in (14.2 m)
Draught: 21 ft 6 in (6.6 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 9 in (6.0 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Lower gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Superb was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 October 1760 at Deptford.

She was wrecked in 1783.

[edit] References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.