French ship Héros (1813)

For other ships of the same name, see French ship Héros.
1/48 scale model of the Océan class 120-gun ship of the line Commerce de Marseille, sister-ship of the Héros. On display at Marseille naval museum.
Career (France)
Name: Héros
Namesake: French ship Héros
Completed: 1813
General characteristics
Class and type:Océan class ship of the line
Displacement:2 700 tonnes
Length:65.18 m (213.8 ft) (196,6 French feet)
Beam:16.24 m (53.3 ft) (50 French feet)
Draught:8.12 m (26.6 ft) (25 French feet)
Propulsion:sail, 3 265 m²
Complement:1 079 men
Armament:Rated as 120-gun:

lower deck: 32 36-pounder guns
middle deck: 34 24-pounder guns
upper deck: 34 18-pounder guns

forecastle: 18 8-pounder guns, 6 36-pounder carronades
Armour:Timber

The Héros was a first-rate 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Océan type, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané.

Ordered in 1812, she was disarmed in 1816 in an unfinished state.

She was eventually broken up in 1828 without having ever been commissioned.

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