H.M.S. SUPERB (VICTORIAN 1880)

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HMS Superb She commissioned at Chatham for service in the Mediterranean on 4 October 1880, and remained on station for seven years. She took part in the bombardment of Alexandria under command of Captain Thomas Le Hunt Ward, where she fired 310 shells of 10-inch calibre at the Egyptian forts. She received ten hits in return, seven of them on her armour, with no casualties. After reconstruction at Chatham from 1887 to 1891 she was guard ship on the Clyde until 1894 until she was sold in 1906.

Code: 54453