French ship Hector (1756)

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Career (France) French Navy Ensign
Name: Hector
Ordered: 2 July 1751
Builder: Toulon
Laid down: 23 July 1752
Launched: 23 July 1755
In service: June 1756
Struck: 3 October 1782
General characteristics
Class and type: Hector class ship of the line
Displacement: 1450 tonnes
Length: 53.3 metres
Beam: 14 metres
Draught: 7.1 metres
Propulsion: Sail
Armament: 74 guns
Armour: Timber

The Hector was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class .

She took part in the American War of Independence, capturing HMS Thunder and HMS Senegal in 1788. She was captured during the Battle of the Saintes and recommissioned in the Royal Navy.