Name |
No |
Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
Superb | Chatham DYd | 8.1795 | 19.3.1798 | 30.6.1978 | BU 4.1826 | ||
Achille | Chatham DYd | 10.1795 | 16.4.1798 | 25.8.1798 | BU 11.1865 |
Displacement normal, t |
1916bm |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
55.5 gundeck |
Breadth, m |
14.9 |
Draught, m |
6.67 |
No of shafts |
|
Machinery |
sails |
Power, h. p. |
|
Max speed, kts |
|
Fuel, t |
|
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armament |
30 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr SBML, 12 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades, 30 x 1 - 148/18 24pdr SBML, 6 x 1 - 139/19 18pdr SBML, 6 x 1 - 139/8 18pdr carronades |
Complement |
640 |
Project history: 74-gun two-deckers, derived from draught of French prize Le Pompée.
Modernizations: 1839, Achille: - 2 x 1 - 159/8 32pdr SBML carronades; + 2 x 1 - 162/17 32pdr SBML
Naval service: No significant events.
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