HMS Hercules (1759)

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Model of a 74-gun ship, 3rd rate, circa 1760. Thought to be either HMS Hercules or HMS Thunderer from 1760.
Career (Great Britain) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Hercules
Ordered: 15 July 1756
Builder: Deptford Dockyard
Launched: 15 March 1759
Fate: Sold out of the service, 1784
General characteristics
Class and type: Hercules-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1608 tons (1633.8 tonnes)
Length: 166 ft 6 in (50.7 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 46 ft 6 in (14.2 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft 9 in (6.0 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Lower gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarter deck: 14 × 9 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 9 pdrs
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Hercules.

HMS Hercules was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 March 1759 at Deptford.

She was sold out of the service in 1784.

[edit] References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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