French ship Hercule (1836)

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1/40th-scale model of the 100-gun Hercule on display at the Musée de la Marine
Career (France) French Navy Ensign
Namesake: Hercules
Builder: Toulon shipyard.
Laid down: 1825
Struck: 1860
Fate: Scrapped
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)
30 short 30-pounders (middle deck)
30 30-pounder carronades (upper deck)

4 long 18-pounders (upper deck)
Armour: timber

The Hercule was a late 120-gun ship of the line of the French Navy

She was used as a prison hulk from 1875 in Brest, and broken up in 1882.

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