HMS Superb (1710)

Superb
History
Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of FranceFrance
NameLe Superbe
BuilderLorient
Launched12 December 1708
Captured29 July 1710 by the Royal Navy
Royal Navy Ensign (1707)Great Britain
NameHMS Superb
Commissioned23 September 1710
Decommissioned1732
Honours and
awards
Battle of Cape Passaro (1718)
FateBroken up in 1733
General characteristics
Class and type64-gun third-rate ship of the line
Tons burthen1,020 2394 (bm)
Length143 ft 6 in (43.74 m)
Beam40 ft 2 in (12.24 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement365
Armament56/58/64 guns

HMS Superb was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the British Royal Navy. She had previously been Le Superbe, a 56-gun warship of the French Navy, until her capture off Lizard Point by HMS Kent in July 1710. Commissioned into the Royal Navy in September 1710, HMS Superb served throughout Queen Anne's War and the War of the Quadruple Alliance, during which she participated in the Battle of Cape Passaro in 1718. She was broken up in 1732.