French ship Superbe (1814)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Superbe.
Superbe wrecked at Paros, by J. Outhwaite
History
France
Name: Superbe
Namesake: Superb
Builder: Antwerp[1]
Laid down: 23 August 1809 [1]
Launched: 5 July 1814 [1]
Decommissioned: 1833 [1]
Fate: Wrecked in a storm at Paros
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement:
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length: 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam: 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught: 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion: Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament:
Armour: Timber

Superbe was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. [1]

Career

Superbe was built at Antwerp, in a late effort of the First French Empire to replenish its Navy by using all available shipyards. Particularly well-built, to the point of being called the "nicest ship in the Navy", she became the only ship built at Antwerp to survive breaking up after the Bourbon Restoration. [1]

She served in the Caribbean before returning to Brest to be put in the reserve in an inactive state. [1]

In 1830, she took part in the French invasion of Algiers, after which she returned to Toulon to be decommissioned again. [1]

In 1833, she served in the Mediterranean under Captain d'Oysonville. On 15 December, she was caught in a storm off Paros and ran aground at the entrance of Parekia harbour. The survivors returned to Toulon on Iphigénie, Galathée and Duquesne. [1]


Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations

    1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Roche, vol.1, p.426
    2. Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

    References

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