French ship Héros (1801)


Scale model of the Achille, sister-ship of the Héros, on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris
Career (France)
Name: Héros
Namesake: Hero
Builder: Rochefort
Laid down: 1795
Launched: 1801
Captured: 1808
Career (Spain)
Name: Heroe
General characteristics
Class and type: Téméraire class ship of the line
Displacement: 2900 tonnes
Length: 55.87 metres (172 French feet)
Beam: 14.90 metres (44' 6)
Draught: 7,26 metres (22 French feet)
Propulsion: Up to 2485 m² of sails
Complement: 3 officers + 690 men
Armament:

74 guns:

  • 28 x 36 pdr (16 kg)
  • 30 x 24 pdr (11 kg)
  • 16 x 8 pdr (3.6 kg)
  • 4 x 36 pdr (16 kg) carronades
Armour: Timber

The Héros was a 74-gun French ship of the line built at Rochefort from 1795 to 1801 by engineer Roland. She was one of the numerous Téméraire Class 74-gun ships designed by Sané.

She took part to the Battle of Trafalgar, and was one of the five French ships to survive the battle. She took part to the counter-attack led by Julien Cosmao, and returned to Cádiz, where she stayed until she was captured by the Spanish in 1808.

Renamed Heroe, she was broken up at Ferrol in 1845.