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Hercule-class ship of the line | |
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![]() Model workshop of Brest arsenal for the Tage, circa 1847 | |
Class overview | |
Name: | Hercule |
Builders: | Toulon, Brest |
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Preceded by: | Suffren class |
Succeeded by: |
Napoléon class Algésiras class |
Completed: | 13 |
Cancelled: | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Hercule class |
Displacement: | 4440 tonnes |
Length: | 62.50 m (205 ft 1 in) |
Beam: | 16.20 m (53 ft 2 in) |
Draught: | 8.23 m (27 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion: | 3,150 m2 (33,900 sq ft) of sails |
Complement: | 955 men |
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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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References
- ↑ Roberts, Stephen S. (2011). "Hercule-class sail ship of the line (2nd class, 100 guns)". shipscribe.com. http://www.shipscribe.com/marvap/112a.pdf. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
- Jean-Michel Roche, Dictionnaire des Bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, tome I
French Navy ships classes timeline, 1750s–1850s | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type | 1750s-1760s | 1770s-1780s | 1790s-1800s | 1810s-1830s | 1830s-1840s | |||||||||||||||||
50 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 70 | 75 | 80 | 85 | 90 | 95 | 00 | 05 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 40 | 45 | |||
110-120 gun three-decker | Sans-Pareil class | Océan class | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bretagne | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Terrible class | Commerce de Paris class | |||||||||||||||||||||
90-100 gun two-decker | Suffren class | |||||||||||||||||||||
Hercule class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
80-gun two-decker | Saint-Esprit class | |||||||||||||||||||||
Deux Frères | Bucentaure class | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tonnant class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
74-gun two-decker | Hector class | |||||||||||||||||||||
Magnifique class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Souverain class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Diadème class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Citoyen class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Marseillois | ||||||||||||||||||||||
César class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Magnanime class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Annibal class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scipion class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pégase class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Téméraire class | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Centaure class |
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