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| Name | Superb (1842) | Explanation | |
| Type | Second rate | ||
| Launched | 6 September 1842 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 2583 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 80 | ||
| Fate | 1869 | ||
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| 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 | ||
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