French ship Héros (1813)
Appearance
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.
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History | |
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Name | Héros |
Namesake | French ship Héros |
Launched | 15 August 1813 |
Fate | Condemned 1828 |
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 |
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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.
References
[edit]- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 243. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.