British Achille Class

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Achille Class

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 1,050.00 Imperial Pound ( 476.18 kg)		BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck	30 x British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	30 x British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck	4 x British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck	10 x British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle	2 x British 18-Pounder
Forecastle	2 x British 32-Pound Carronade
Roundhouse	6 x British 18-Pound Carronade

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed						182' 2"	149' 9"	49' 0 ½"	21' 10 ½"	1,915 ⁷⁰⁄₉₄
Superb (74) 1798-1826 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line	30.4.1795	Northfleet Dockyard - Northfleet	19.3.1798	17.4.1826	Broken Up	182' 4"	149' 10"	49' 2"	21' 10"	1,926 ⁵⁶⁄₉₄
Achille (74) 1798-1865 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line	30.4.1795	Gravesend - Kent	16.4.1798	11.1865	Sold for Break Up	182' 2"	149' 7"	49' 3"	21' 11"	1,929 ⁸⁵⁄₉₄

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