HMS Superb (1842)

	Superb, sailing from Spithead, 23 June 1845
History
United Kingdom
Name	Superb
Ordered	15 June 1838
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	November 1838
Launched	6 September 1842
Commissioned	26 April 1845
Out of service	1858
Fate	Scrapped, 1869
General characteristics
Class & type	Vanguard-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	2583 42⁄94 bm
Length	190 ft (57.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	57 ft (17.4 m)
Draught	18 ft 10 in (5.7 m)
Depth of hold	23 ft 4 in (7.1 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	720 (wartime)
Armament	78 guns:; Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades; Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades; Quarterdeck: 14 × 32 pdrs; Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades; Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades;

HMS Superb was an 80-gun second rate Vanguard-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1840s. She was broken up in 1869.

History
Superb, sailing from Spithead, 23 June 1845
United Kingdom
Name	Superb
Ordered	15 June 1838
Builder	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down	November 1838
Launched	6 September 1842
Commissioned	26 April 1845
Out of service	1858
Fate	Scrapped, 1869
General characteristics
Class & type	Vanguard-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	2583 42⁄94 bm
Length	190 ft (57.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	57 ft (17.4 m)
Draught	18 ft 10 in (5.7 m)
Depth of hold	23 ft 4 in (7.1 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	720 (wartime)
Armament	78 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Upper gundeck: 26 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Quarterdeck: 14 × 32 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades Poop deck: 4 × 18 pdr carronades