French ship Superbe (1814)
 Superbe wrecked at Paros, by J. Outhwaite | |
| History | |
|---|---|
  France | |
| Name: | Superbe |
| Namesake: | Superb |
| Builder: | Antwerp[1] |
| Laid down: | 23 August 1809 [1] |
| Launched: | 5 July 1814 [1] |
| Decommissioned: | 1833 [1] |
| Fate: | Wrecked in a storm at Paros |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement: |
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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 |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | Timber |
Superbe was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. [1]
Career
Superbe was built at Antwerp, in a late effort of the First French Empire to replenish its Navy by using all available shipyards. Particularly well-built, to the point of being called the "nicest ship in the Navy", she became the only ship built at Antwerp to survive breaking up after the Bourbon Restoration. [1]
She served in the Caribbean before returning to Brest to be put in the reserve in an inactive state. [1]
In 1830, she took part in the French invasion of Algiers, after which she returned to Toulon to be decommissioned again. [1]
In 1833, she served in the Mediterranean under Captain d'Oysonville. On 15 December, she was caught in a storm off Paros and ran aground at the entrance of Parekia harbour. The survivors returned to Toulon on Iphigénie, Galathée and Duquesne. [1]
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 426. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.