French ship Hercule

Marine Nationale

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Nineteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Hercule, in honour of the Roman hero Hercules:

• Hercule (1657-1673), a 38-gun ship of the line
• 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 fluyt
• Hercule (1779-1797), a 74-gun
• Hercule (1798-1798), a bomb vessel
• Hercule (1798), a Téméraire class ship of the line
• Hercule (1800), a brig
• Hercule (1804-1815), a bomb vessel
• Provence (1815-1883), a 80-gun ship of the line, was renamed Hercule in 1815
• Hercule (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