&sq=&lang=&file=File:H.M.S_Superb,_(80_guns)_sailing_from_Spithead,_June_23rd_1845_-_(shows_H.M.Y._Victoria_and_Albert_and_H.M.Steamer_Black_Eagle)_RMG_PY0920.jpg) Superb, sailing from Spithead, 23 June 1845
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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Superb |
| Ordered | 15 June 1838 |
| Builder | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Laid down | November 1838 |
| Launched | 6 September 1842 |
| Commissioned | 26 April 1845 |
| Out of service | 1858 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1869 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Vanguard-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 2583 42⁄94 bm |
| Length | 190 ft (57.9 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 57 ft (17.4 m) |
| Draught | 18 ft 10 in (5.7 m) |
| Depth of hold | 23 ft 4 in (7.1 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 720 (wartime) |
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HMS Superb was a 80-gun second rate Vanguard-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the 1840s. She was broken up in 1869.