French ship Hercule
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Nineteen ships of the French Navy
have borne the name Hercule, in honour of the Roman hero Hercules
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French Navy
The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale is the maritime arm of the French military. It includes a full range of fighting vessels, from patrol boats to a nuclear powered aircraft carrier and 10 nuclear-powered submarines, four of which are capable of launching...
have borne the name Hercule, in honour of the Roman hero Hercules
Hercules
Hercules is the Roman name for Greek demigod Heracles, son of Zeus , and the mortal Alcmene...
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- Hercule (1657-1673), a 38-gun ship of the lineShip of the lineA ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
- Soleil (1642-1672), a 36-gun ship of the line rename Hercule in 1671
- Hercule (1673-1678), a 50-gun ship of the line
- Hercule (1679-1704), a 30-gun ship of the line
- Hercule (1705-1741), a 64-gun ship of the line
- Hercule (1750-1760), a 66-gun ship of the line
- Hercule (1779), a fluytFluytA fluyt, fluit, or flute is a Dutch type of sailing vessel originally designed as a dedicated cargo vessel. Originating from the Netherlands in the 16th century, the vessel was designed to facilitate transoceanic delivery with the maximum of space and crew efficiency...
- Hercule (1779-1797), a 74-gun
- Hercule (1798-1798), a bomb vesselBomb vesselA bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship. Its primary armament was not cannon —although bomb vessels carried a few cannon for self-defence—but rather mortars mounted forward near the bow and elevated to a high angle, and projecting their fire in a...
- HerculeFrench ship Hercule (1798)The Hercule was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.During her maiden journey, on 21 April 1798, and just 24 hours out of port, she was captured by the British ship HMS Mars after a violent fight, off Île de Sein near Brest...
(1798), a Téméraire class ship of the lineTéméraire class ship of the lineThe Téméraire class ships of the line was a class of 107 74-gun ships of the line built between 1782 and 1813 for the French navy. The type was and remains the most numerous class of capital ship ever built.... - Hercule (1800), a brig
- Hercule (1804-1815), a bomb vessel
- ProvenceFrench ship Hercule (1815)The Hercule was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.Her keel was laid down in Toulon in 1812 as Kremlin...
(1815-1883), a 80-gun ship of the line, was renamed Hercule in 1815 - HerculeFrench ship Hercule (1836)The Hercule was a late 100-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.Captained by Joseph Grégoire Casy, Hercule distinguished herself in 1837 by beating in Rio de Janeiro and Newport....
(1836-1860), a 100-gun ship of the line - Hercule (1893-1944), a tug
- Hercule (1914-1918), an auxiliary minesweeper
- Hercule (1939-1944), an auxiliary tug of the FNFL
- Hercule (1945-1951), a tug
- Hercule (1960-1993), a tug