HMS Superb (1736) - Misplaced Pages

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Superb.

History
Superb
Great Britain
Name	HMS Superb
Ordered	4 September 1733
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Launched	27 August 1736
Fate	Broken up, 1757
General characteristics
Class and type	1733 proposals 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1068
Length	144 ft (43.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam	41 ft 5 in (12.6 m)
Depth of hold	16 ft 11 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	60 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24-pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 9-pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6-pdrs

HMS Superb was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built to the 1733 proposals of the 1719 Establishment of dimensions at Woolwich Dockyard, and launched on 27 August 1736.

A collection of letters from Captain Thomas Sanders at the Navy Historical Center in Washington D. C. shows Superb took part in the siege of Louisbourg (1745) as the flagship of Commodore Peter Warren "Commanding His Majesty's Ships in the North Atlantic" under command of Captain Tiddeman.

Superb was broken up in 1757.

Notes

^ Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 171.

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.
Letters to Captain Thomas Saunders and other documents related to the conduct of the Lewisburg (Louisbourg) Campaign of 1745, 29 October 1730 – October 1780, Department of the Navy – Navy Historical Center, Washington D.C.

External links

Media related to HMS Superb (ship, 1736) at Wikimedia Commons

1719 Establishment ships

1719 Establishment

100-gun first-rates	Royal Sovereign
90-gun second-rates	Prince George Union Namur Neptune Marlborough
80-gun third-rates	Lancaster Princess Amelia Cornwall Norfolk Somerset Princess Caroline Russell
70-gun third-rates	Edinburgh Northumberland Burford Captain Stirling Castle Berwick Lenox Kent Grafton Ipswich Buckingham Prince of Orange
60-gun fourth-rates	Canterbury Plymouth Sunderland Windsor Deptford Swallow Tilbury Warwick Pembroke Dunkirk
50-gun fourth-rates	Falkland Chatham Colchester Leopard Argyll Portland Assistance Romney Salisbury Oxford Falmouth Lichfield Greenwich Newcastle

1733 proposals

100-gun first-rates	Victory
90-gun second-rates	Duke St George
80-gun third-rates	Boyne Cumberland
70-gun third-rates	Elizabeth Suffolk Essex Nassau Prince Frederick Bedford Royal Oak Stirling Castle Monmouth Revenge Captain Berwick
60-gun fourth-rates	Weymouth Strafford Worcester Augusta Dragon Jersey Superb Lion Kingston Rupert Dreadnought Medway Princess Mary Exeter Nottingham
50-gun fourth-rates	Gloucester St Albans Severn Guernsey Hampshire Leopard Nonsuch Sutherland Antelope Dartmouth Woolwich Preston

1741 proposals

90-gun second-rates	Ramillies Prince
80-gun third rates	Newark
74-gun third-rates	Culloden
66-gun third-rates	Devonshire Lancaster
64-gun third-rates	Northumberland Edinburgh Hampton Court Kent Yarmouth
58-gun fourth-rates	Princess Louisa Defiance Canterbury Sunderland Tilbury Eagle
50-gun fourth-rates	Chester Harwich Winchester Maidstone Colchester Portland Falkland Salisbury Advice Gloucester Norwich Ruby Colchester Lichfield Panther

Preceded by: 1706 Establishment
Followed by: 1745 Establishment

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