Hercule class ship of the line
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Hercule |
| Builders: | Toulon, Brest |
| Operators: |  French Navy |
| Preceded by: | Suffren class ship of the line |
| Completed: | 13 |
| Cancelled: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hercule class |
| Displacement: | 4440 tonnes |
| Length: | 62.50 |
| Beam: | 16.20 |
| Draught: | 8.23 |
| Propulsion: | 3150 m² of sails |
| Complement: | 955 men |
| Armament: |
100 guns, including:
32 long 30-pounders (lower deck) |
| Armour: | timber |
The Hercule class was a late type of 100-gun ships of the line of the French Navy. While the first units were classical straight-walled ships of the line, next ones were gradually converted to steam, and the last one was built with an engine.
Design
The Hercule class evolved as an enlargement of the straight-walled, 90-gun Suffren class, suggested by Jean Tupinier[1].
With the Henry IV, a rounded stern was introduced. The next ships were built with the rounded stern, and it was retrofitted on the early units of the class.
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- Hercule (1836)
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References
- Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
