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.

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