French ship Superbe

At least twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Superbe ("Superb"):

Ships named Superbe

• French ship Superbe (1671), a second-rank ship of the line, lead ship of her class.[1]
• French galley Superbe (1675), a galley.[1]
• French galley Superbe (1682), a galley .[1]
• French ship Superbe (1691), an Invincible-class 70-gun ship of the line.[1]
• French galley Superbe (1696), a Fleur de Lis-class galley.[1]
• French ship Superbe (1708), a 60-gun ship of the line.[2]
• French ship Superbe (1738), a 74-gun ship of the line.[2]
• French ship Superbe (1775), a 74-gun (?) ship of the line,[2] formerly a 64-gun East Indiaman, launched on 11 March 1774, built from 1772 on plans by Groignard.[3]
• French ship Superbe (1785), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line.[2]
• French corvette Superbe (1795), a 24-gun corvette.[2]
• French ship Superbe (1804), a 74-gun ship of the line, better known as Breslaw.[2]
• French ship Superbe (1814), a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line.[2]

Ships of the French Navy named Superbe

• 
  Superbe wrecked at Paros, by J. Outhwaite

See also

• HMS Superb

Notes and references

Notes

References

1. Roche, vol.1, p.425
2. Roche, vol.1, p.426
3. Demerliac 1774-1792, p.55, n°321

Bibliography

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 425–426. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-23-3.