French ship Superbe (1784)
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Superbe (1784), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris. | |
History | |
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Name: | Superbe |
Namesake: | "Superb" |
Builder: | Brest[1] |
Laid down: | July 1782[1] |
Launched: | 11 November 1784[1] |
In service: | 1785[1] |
Out of service: | 1795[1] |
Fate: | Sunk on 30 January 1795[1] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
Displacement: |
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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: |
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Armour: | Timber |
Superbe was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. Her hull was copper sheathed.[1]
She took part in the Croisière du Grand Hiver, where she sank due to a leak. Her crew were rescued by Pierre Maurice Julien de Quérangal.[1]
Notes and references
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References
Bibliography
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 425–426. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- Ships of the line
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