Pompée class
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 The HMS Superb secretly sailing away from the San Hermenegildo and the Real Carlos while they accidentally shoot each other |
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| Overview | |
| Type | Ship of the line |
| units | 2 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length |
55.52 m |
| width |
15 m |
| drive |
sail |
| Armament |
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The Pompée class consisted of two third class ships of the line with 74 cannons. They were built for the Royal Navy on the model of the Pompée , a French Téméraire-class ship that was captured in 1793.
Ships
- Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet
- Order: June 10, 1795
- Launched: March 19, 1798
- Whereabouts: scrapped in 1826
- Builder: Cleverly, Gravesend
- Order: June 10, 1795
- Launched: April 16, 1798
- Whereabouts: sold in 1865
literature
- Brian Lavery: The Ship of the Line. Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet, 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press, London 2003, ISBN 0-85177-252-8 .