Pompée class ship of the line
- Pompée class ship of the line
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 HMS|Pompée|1793|2, a "Téméraire" class ship of the line which had been captured by Britain in 1793.
hips
*HMS|Superb|1798|6:Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet:Ordered: 10 June 1795:Launched: 19 March 1798:Fate: Broken up, 1826
*HMS|Achilles|1798|6:Builder: Cleverley, Gravesend:Ordered: 10 June 1795:Launched: 16 April 1798:Fate: Sold out of the service, 1865
References
*Lavery, Brian (2003) "The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850." Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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