French ship Superbe (1784)
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Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Superbe (1784), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
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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] |
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| Class & type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
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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 |
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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]
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