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| Class overview |
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| Name | Pompée |
| Operators |  Royal Navy |
| Preceded by | Ajax class |
| Succeeded by | America class |
| In service | 19 March 1798 - 1865 |
| Completed | 2 |
| General characteristics |
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| Type | Ship of the line |
| Length |
- 182 ft 2 in (55.52 m) (gundeck)
- 149 ft 9 in (45.64 m) (keel)
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| Beam | 49 ft (15 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Armament |
- 74 guns:
- Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
- Upper gundeck: 30 × 18 pdrs
- Quarterdeck: 12 × 9 pdrs
- Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
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Plan of the Pompée-class ship of the line
The Pompée-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates.[1] 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.
Ships
- Builder: Pitcher, Northfleet
- Ordered: 10 June 1795
- Launched: 19 March 1798
- Fate: Broken up, 1826
- Builder: Cleverley, Gravesend
- Ordered: 10 June 1795
- Launched: 16 April 1798
- Fate: Sold out of the service, 1865
References
- ^ Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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