HMS Superb (1760)
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Career (Great Britain) | |
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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:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Superb.
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.