Name | Superb (1842) | Explanation | |
Type | Second rate | ||
Launched | 6 September 1842 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Sail | ||
Builders measure | 2583 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 80 | ||
Fate | 1869 | ||
Class | |||
Ships book | |||
Note | |||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
13 December 1844 | Commanded by Captain Armar Lowry Corry (Portsmouth), Channel squadron (including 1845 experimental squadron), then Mediterranean | ||
29 November 1848 - 14 June 1852 | Commanded (until paying off at Chatham) by Captain Edward Purcell, Mediterranean |