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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
FRANCE
HERCULE sailing ships-of-the-line (1837-1855)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hercule | Arsenal de Toulon | 6/1824 | 29.7.1836 | 8/1837 | prison hulk 1.1860 | ||
| Jemmapes (ex-Royal Charles, ex-Indomptable) | Arsenal de Lorient | 26.4.1825 | 2.4.1840 | 5/1841 | stricken 12.1864 | ||
| Tage (ex-Saint Louis, ex-Polyphème) | Arsenal de Brest | 26.8.1824 | 15.8.1847 | 1/1854 | screw 7.1858, prison ship 5.1871 | ||
| Fleurus (ex-Dauphin Royal, ex-Briarée) | Arsenal de Toulon | 4/1825 | --- | --- | built as screw ship since 1853 | ||
| Ulm (ex-Lys) | Arsenal de Rochefort | 13.6.1825 | --- | --- | built as screw ship since 1852 | ||
| Annibal | Arsenal de Lorient | 17.9.1827 | --- | --- | built as screw ship since 1853 | ||
| Duguay Trouin | Arsenal de Lorient | 17.9.1827 | 29.3.1854 | 4/1855 | screw 7.1858, prison ship 5.1871-3/1872, stricken 7.1872 | ||
| Turenne | Arsenal de Rochefort | 13.6.1827 | 15.4.1854 | 6/1854 | screw 12.1859, transport 1.1863 | ||
| Henry IV | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 17.7.1829 | 14.9.1848 | 3/1850 | wrecked 14.11.1854 | ||
| Austerlitz (ex-Ajax) | Arsenal de Cherbourg | 17.4.1832 | --- | --- | built as screw ship since 1852 | ||
| Navarin | Arsenal de Toulon | 5/1832 | --- | --- | built as screw ship since 1854 | ||
| Wagram (ex-Bucentaure) | Arsenal de Lorient | 23.2.1833 | --- | --- | built as screw ship since 1853 | ||
| Eylau (ex-Éole) | Arsenal de Toulon | 8/1833 | --- | --- | built as screw ship since 1853 |
Technical data
| Data variant | sailing | screw (Tage, Duguay Trouin) |
screw (Turenne) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Displacement normal, t | 4440 |
Tage: 4707 Duguauy Trouin: 4636 |
4554 |
| Displacement full, t | |||
| Length, m | 62.5 pp |
Tage: 64.1 pp Duguauy Trouin: 64.9 pp |
64.9 pp |
| Breadth, m | 16.2 |
16.8 |
16.8 |
| Draught, m | 7.97 |
Tage: 8.40 Duguauy Trouin: 8.55 |
8.35 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
1 |
|
| Machinery | sails |
sails + 1 HSE, boilers |
sails + 1 2-cel HSE return connecting rod, boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 500nhp |
600nhp |
|
| Max speed, kts | Tage: 9 Duguauy Trouin: 10.7 |
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| Fuel, t | coal 500 |
coal 500 |
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| Endurance, nm(kts) | |||
| Armament | Hercule, Jemmapes: 4 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 28 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 34 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 30 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades Tage, Duguay Trouin: 4 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 28 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 30 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 4 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 22 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades Turenne: 4 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 4 x 1 - 223/11 No.2 shell SBML, 28 x 1 - 165/17 30pdr No.1 SBML, 30 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 24 x 1 - 165/14 30pdr No.3 SBML |
16 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 16 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/17 MLR, 32 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 12 x 1 - 163/13 shell SBML, 6 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades |
16 x 1 - 223/12 No.1 shell SBML, 16 x 1 - 175/16 36pdr SBML, 2 x 1 - 165/17 MLR, 32 x 1 - 165/15 30pdr No.2 SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades |
| Complement | 916 |
Duguauy Trouin: 883 |
883 |
Project history
100-gun two-deckers, designed to fill the gap between new French standard 90-gun Suffren class and 120-gun three-deckers. Agamemnon and Hector were cancelled in 1828. Wooden hull.
Modernizations
1847-1849, Hercule, Jemmapes: + 8 x 1 - 163/8 30pdr SBML carronades
1858, Tage, Duguay Trouin: were converted to screw ships with data as given in the table
1859, Turenne: was converted to screw ship with data as given in the table
Naval service
Henry IV was blown ashore and lost 14.11.1854 in a storm at Eupatoria (Crimea).
