French ship Superbe (1784)

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Name: Superbe
Namesake: "Superb"
Builder: Brest
Laid down: July 1782
Launched: 11 November 1784
In service: 1785
Fate: Sunk on 30 January 1795
General characteristics
Class and type: Téméraire class ship of the line
Displacement:

2 966 tonnes

5 260 tonnes fully loaded
Length: 55.87 metres (172 French feet)
Beam: 14.90 metres (44' 6)
Draught: 7.26 metres (22 French feet)
Propulsion: Up to 2 485 m² of sails
Complement: 678 men
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Lower gundeck: 28 x 36-pdr long guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 x 24-pdr long guns
  • Forecastle and Quarter deck:
16 x 8-pdr long guns
4 x 36-pdr carronades
Armour: Timber

The Superbe was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

She took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver, where she sank due to a leak.

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