HMS Hercule (1798)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Hercule and HMS Hercules.

Fight of the Poursuivante – 28th of June 1803, by Louis-Philippe Crépin (detail)
HMS Hercule receives raking fire
History
France
NameHercule
NamesakeHercules
Ordered14 August 1793
BuilderLorient shipyard
Laid downJune 1794
Launched5 October 1797
CompletedMarch 1798
Captured21 April 1798
Great Britain
NameHMS Hercule
Acquired21 April 1798
FateBroken up in December 1810
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeTéméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Tons burthen1,876 bm[2]
Length55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
PropulsionUp to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament
ArmourTimber

HMS Hercule was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was previously Hercule, a Téméraire class ship of the line of the French Navy, but was captured on her maiden voyage in 1798, and spent the rest of her career as a British ship. She was broken up in 1810.

  1. ^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire – caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
  2. ^ Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. P. 161