Pompée-class third-rate 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 Pompée, a Téméraire-class ship of the line which had been captured by Britain in 1793.

== Ships == HMS Superb Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet Ordered: 10 June 1795 Launched: 19 March 1798 Fate: Broken up, 1826 HMS Achilles Builder: Cleverley, Gravesend Ordered: 10 June 1795 Launched: 16 April 1798 Fate: Sold out of the service, 1865

Citations

== References == Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8. Winfield, Rif (2008) [2005]. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd, revised ed.). Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.