HMS Superb (1842)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Superb.
HMS Superb was a 80-gun second rate Vanguard-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1840s. She was broken up in 1869.
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Superb, sailing from Spithead, 23 June 1845 | |
History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | Superb |
Ordered | 15 June 1838 |
Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
Laid down | November 1838 |
Launched | 6 September 1842 |
Commissioned | 26 April 1845 |
Out of service | 1858 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1869 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Vanguard-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 2583 42⁄94 bm |
Length | 190 ft (57.9 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 57 ft (17.4 m) |
Draught | 18 ft 10 in (5.7 m) |
Depth of hold | 23 ft 4 in (7.1 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 720 (wartime) |
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