Pompée-class ship of the line

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 HMS Pompée (1793), a which had been captured by Britain in 1793.

Ships

 * HMS Superb (1798)
 * Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet
 * Ordered: 10 June 1795
 * Launched: 19 March 1798
 * Fate: Broken up, 1826


 * HMS Achilles (1798)
 * Builder: Cleverley, Gravesend
 * Ordered: 10 June 1795
 * Launched: 16 April 1798
 * Fate: Sold out of the service, 1865