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;

The Pompée-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates. 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.

Class overview
HMS Superb
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