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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Pompée |
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| Succeeded by: | America-class |
| In service: | 19 March 1798 - 1865 |
| Completed: | 2 |
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| Type: | Ship of the line |
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| Beam: | 49 ft (15 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
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| Notes: | Ships in class include: Superb, Achilles |
The Pompée-class ships of the line were a class of two 74-gun third rates. 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.