Class overview | |
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Name: | Pompée |
Operators: | Royal Navy |
Succeeded by: | America-class |
In service: | 19 March 1798 - 1865 |
Completed: | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Ship of the line |
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Beam: | 49 ft (15 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
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Notes: | Ships in class include: Superb, Achilles |
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.