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Superb

HMS Superb

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns74 guns
WarsFrench Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars, Bombardment of Algiers

74-gun ship. In 1801 she sailed into the Spanish line at night off Algeciras, where two Spanish first rates fired into each other and blew up. Duckworth's flagship at San Domingo.

Duckworth's Action off San Domingo, 6 February 1806 Following Nelson's victory at Trafalgar in 1805, Sir John Duckworth left the blockade of Cadiz and pursued a French squadron to the Caribbean, where he defeated it off San Domingo on the 6 February 1806. With six ships of the line and two frigates Photo: Nicholas Pocock, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

74 guns

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 12 × 9-pounder guns
  • Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns
BuilderPitcher, Northfleet
Laid downAugust 1795
Launched19 March 1798
Length182 ft 2 in (55.52 m) (gundeck)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

19 March 1798

12–13 July 1801 · French Revolutionary Wars

Captain Keats; took Saint-Antoine

6 February 1806 · Napoleonic Wars

Duckworth's flagship

27 August 1816 · Bombardment of Algiers

Fate

Survived

Broken up, 1826