HMS Superb

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Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Superb, or HMS Superbe:

• HMS Superb was a 64-gun third rate, previously the French ship Superbe. She was captured by HMS Kent in 1710 and was broken up in 1732.
• HMS Superb was 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1736 and broken up in 1757.
• HMS Superb was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1760 and wrecked in 1783.
• HMS Superbe was a 22-gun sixth rate. She was previously a French ship, captured in 1795 by HMS Vanguard and used as a prison ship from 1796. She was sold in 1798.
• HMS Superb was a 74-gun third rate, launched in 1798 and broken up in 1826.
• HMS Superb was an 80-gun second rate, launched in 1842 and broken up in 1869.
• HMS Superb was to have been a broadside ironclad battleship, but she was renamed HMS Alexandra in 1874 before being launched in 1875. She was sold in 1908.
• HMS Superb was a battleship launched in 1875. She was built for the Turkish Navy, and was to have been named Hamidiyeh. She was purchased by Britain in 1873 and was sold in 1906.
• HMS Superb was Bellerophon class battleship launched in 1907 and sold in 1923.
• HMS Superb was a Minotaur class light cruiser launched in 1943 and sold in 1960.
• HMS Superb is a Swiftsure class nuclear powered hunter killer submarine launched in 1974, and currently in service.