HMS Superb (1760)
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Superb.
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 Great Britain
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| Name: | HMS Superb |
| Ordered: | 28 December 1757 |
| Builder: | Deptford Dockyard |
| Laid down: | 12 April 1758 |
| Launched: | 27 October 1760 |
| Commissioned: | November 1760 |
| Fate: | Sank, 1783 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Bellona-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 161214⁄94 (bm) |
| Length: |
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| Beam: | 46 ft 10.5 in (14.288 m) |
| Draught: | 21 ft 6 in (6.55 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament: |
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HMS Superb was a 74-gun Bellona-class third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 October 1760 at Deptford Dockyard.[1]
The Superb was Admiral Edward Hughes's flagship in India in 1782 during a notable series of engagements with the French under Suffren.
On 20 June 1783 the Superb took part in the Battle of Cuddalore before returning to Bombay for copper sheathing along her hull. On 7 November she developed a severe leak through the sheathing into the bilge, and sank in Tellicherry Roads off the Bombay coast.[2]
Notes
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851772528.
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792. London: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781844157006.
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