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HMS Superb (1710)

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History
Naval Ensign of the Kingdom of FranceFrance
NameSuperbe
Captured23 September 1710 by the Royal Navy
History
Royal Navy Ensign (1707)Great Britain
NameHMS Superb
Decommissioned1732
Honours and
awards
Battle of Cape Passero (1718)
FateBroken up
General characteristics
Class and type64-gun third-rate ship of the line
Sail planFull-rigged ship
ArmourNone

HMS Superb was a 64 gun, third rate, British warship. Prior to her capture off Lizard Point by HMS Kent, she was a French fourth rate of 56 guns. Commissioned into the Royal Navy in September 1710, HMS Superb served throughout Queen Anne's War and participated in the destruction of the Spanish fleet off Passero in 1718. She was broken up in 1732.