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Hercule Class

NationalityFrance
Nominal Guns100
Approved1824/05/13
Designer
Jacques-Noël SanéFrench
Naval Sailor
Designer
Ship Builder
Administrator
Service 1758-1836
RateFirst Rate
TypeShip of the Line
Designed Crew916
Ships in Class6

Design ArmamentBroadside Weight = 1,558.00 French Livre (1,681.39 lbs 762.64 kg)FWAS1786
Lower Gun Deck28 x French 30-Pounder
Lower Gun Deck4 x French 22cm Paixhans
Upper Gun Deck34 x French 30-Pounder
Spardeck4 x French 16cm Paixhans
Spardeck30 x French 30-Pound Carronade

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed     62.50 16.208.23 
L'Hercule (100) 1836-1874
French 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownToulon Dockyard - Toulon 29.7.18361874Broken Up62.50 16.208.23 
Le Jemmapes (100) 1840-1890
French 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
14.10.1824Lorient Dockyard - Lorient 2.4.18401890Broken Up62.50 16.208.23 
Le Tage (100) 1847-1896
French 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownBrest Dockyard - Brest 15.8.18471896Broken Up62.50 16.208.23 
Le Henri IV (100) 1848-1854
French 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
18.12.1828Cherbourg - Normandy 14.9.184814.11.1854Wrecked62.50 16.208.23 
Le Duguay Trouin (100) 1854-1876
French 100 Gun
1st Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownLorient Dockyard - Lorient 29.3.18541876Broken Up62.50 16.208.23 
Le Turenne (100) 1854-1886
French 100 Gun
2nd Rate Ship of the Line
UnknownRochefort - Aunis 15.4.18541886Broken Up62.50 16.208.23 

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