French ship Superbe (1814)

Superbe was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

Career
Superbe was built at Antwerp, in a late effort of the First French Empire to replenish its Navy by using all available shipyards. Particularly well-built, to the point of being called the "nicest ship in the Navy", she became the only ship built at Antwerp to survive breaking up after the Bourbon Restoration.

She served in the Caribbean before returning to Brest to be put in the reserve in an inactive state.

In 1830, she took part in the French invasion of Algiers, after which she returned to Toulon to be decommissioned again.

In 1833, she served in the Mediterranean under Captain d'Oysonville. On 15 December, she was caught in a storm off Paros and ran aground at the entrance of Parekia harbour. The survivors returned to Toulon on FRENCH FRIGATE Iphigénie, FRENCH FRIGATE Galathée and FRENCH SHIP Duquesne.