Pompée-class ship of the line

Class overview
HMS Superb
Name:	Pompée
Operators:	Royal Navy
Succeeded by:	America-class
In service:	19 March 1798 - 1865
Completed:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Ship of the line
Length:	182 ft 2 in (55.52 m) (gundeck) 149 ft 9 in (45.64 m) (keel)
Beam:	49 ft (15 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Armament:	74 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
Notes:	Ships in class include: Superb, Achilles

The Pompée-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates. They were built for the Royal Navy to the lines of the French ship Pompée, a Téméraire-class ship of the line which had been captured by Britain in 1793.

Ships

HMS Superb

Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet

Ordered: 10 June 1795

Launched: 19 March 1798

Fate: Broken up, 1826

HMS Achilles

Builder: Cleverley, Gravesend

Ordered: 10 June 1795

Launched: 16 April 1798

Fate: Sold out of the service, 1865

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.

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