Pompée-class ship of the line

	HMS Superb
Class overview
Name	Pompée
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Ajax class
Succeeded by	America class
In service	19 March 1798 - 1865
Completed	2
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Length	182 ft 2 in (55.52 m) (gundeck); 149 ft 9 in (45.64 m) (keel);
Beam	49 ft (15 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	74 guns:; Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs; Upper gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs; Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs; Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs;

Plan of the Pompée-class ship of the line

The Pompée-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates.^[1] They were built for the Royal Navy to the lines of the French ship Pompée, a Téméraire-class ship of the line which had been captured by Britain in 1793.

Ships

Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet

Ordered: 10 June 1795

Launched: 19 March 1798

Fate: Broken up, 1826

Builder: Cleverley, Gravesend

Ordered: 10 June 1795

Launched: 16 April 1798

Fate: Sold out of the service, 1865

↑ Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

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Pompée-class ships of the line
Superb Achilles
Preceded by: Ajax class Followed by: America class
List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy