The Héros was a 74-gun French

France

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 ship of the line

Ship of the line

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 built at Rochefort

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 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

Battle of Trafalgar

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, and was one of the five French ships to survive the battle. She took part to the counter-attack led by Julien Cosmao

Julien Cosmao

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, and returned to Cádiz

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, where she stayed until she was captured by the Spanish in 1808.

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