HMS Superior

HMS Superior
Rating: 4th-Rate

Class: Alexander-class Ship of the Line

Date of Commission: March 11th, 1721

Current captain: Nathan Blatchford

Guns: 58

Crew: 500

Status: Sunk during the Battle of Spanish Town.

Background
HMS Superior was buildt in England in 1700 and sent to the West Indies in 1701 as the heaviest ship in Sir Vincent Squadron of the Blue. When the Squadron was dissolved in 1711 she was ordered to join various squadrons of pirate hunters, took part in protecting convoys of Indiamen, before she in 1721 was assigned to the St. George Squadron of the White. April 19 1721, making a run for the town during the Battle of Spanish Town, a Frenchman blocked her path. As the two ships locked together, Superior got horribly holed beneath the waterline and seconds later a spark found its way into her powder-room, setting off a huge explosion sending her to the depts.