HMS Superb was an ironclad battleship designed by Sir Edward Reed for the Ottoman Navy, and was built in Britain by Thames Ironworks under the name of Hamidieh.

Together with the two ships of the Belleisle class and HMS Neptune, she was compulsorily purchased by the British Government at the time of the Russian war scare of 1878.

Her original design drawings show her as an enlarged Hercules with heavier armament and thicker armour; she was extensively altered from these plans after her purchase, leading to a five-year gap between her launch and her completion.

She took part in the bombardment of Alexandria under command of Captain Thomas Le Hunt Ward,[1] where she fired 310 shells of 10-inch calibre at the Egyptian forts.

Captain Rosslyn Wemyss was appointed in command on 25 November 1902,[3] serving several months until spring the following year.