HMS Superb (1760)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Superb.

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Superb
Ordered	28 December 1757
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	12 April 1758
Launched	27 October 1760
Commissioned	November 1760
Fate	Sank, 1783
General characteristics
Class and type	Bellona-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	161214⁄94 (bm)
Length	168 ft (51 m) (gundeck) 137 ft 11.25 in (42.0434 m) (keel)
Beam	46 ft 10.5 in (14.288 m)
Draught	21 ft 6 in (6.55 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	74 guns: Lower gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs Quarterdeck: 14 × 9 pdrs Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs

HMS Superb was a 74-gun Bellona-class third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 October 1760 at Deptford Dockyard.

The Superb was Admiral Edward Hughes's flagship in India in 1782 during a notable series of engagements with the French under Suffren.

On 20 June 1783 the Superb took part in the Battle of Cuddalore before returning to Bombay for copper sheathing along her hull. On 7 November she developed a severe leak through the sheathing into the bilge, and sank in Tellicherry Roads off the Bombay coast.

References

• Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line – Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0851772528.
• Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792. London: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 9781844157006.