HMS Hercule (1798)
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.
Fight of the Poursuivante – 28th of June 1803, by Louis-Philippe Crépin (detail) HMS Hercule receives raking fire | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Hercule |
| Namesake | Hercules |
| Ordered | 14 August 1793 |
| Builder | Lorient shipyard |
| Laid down | June 1794 |
| Launched | 5 October 1797 |
| Completed | March 1798 |
| Captured | 21 April 1798 |
| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Hercule |
| Acquired | 21 April 1798 |
| Fate | Broken up in December 1810 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement |
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| Tons burthen | 1,876 bm |
| 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 |
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| Armour | Timber |
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