French ship Héros (1801)

	Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Héros (1801), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name	Héros
Namesake	Hero
Builder	Rochefort
Laid down	1795
Launched	10 May 1801
Captured	1808
Spain
Name	Heroe
Fate	Broken up at Ferrol, 1845
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement	2,966 tonnes; 5,260 tonnes fully loaded;
Length	55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam	14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught	7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion	Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament	74 guns:; Lower gundeck: 28 × 36-pounder long guns; Upper gundeck: 30 × 18-pounder long guns; Forecastle and Quarter deck:; 16 × 8-pounder long guns; 4 × 36-pounder carronades;
Armour	Timber

Héros was a 74-gun French ship of the line built at Rochefort from 1795 to 1801 by engineer Roland. She was one of the numerous Téméraire class ships designed by Jacques-Noël Sané.

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