The Hercule class was a late type of 100-gun ships of the line

Ship of the line

A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...

 of the French Navy. While the first units were classical straight-walled ships of the line, next ones were gradually converted to steam, and the last one was built with an engine.

Design

The Hercule class evolved as an enlargement of the straight-walled, 90-gun Suffren class

Suffren class ship of the line

The Suffren class was a late type of 90-gun ships of the line of the French Navy.Intended as successors of the 80-gun Bucentaure class by Jean Tupinier, they introduced the innovation of having straight walls, instead of the Tumblehome design that had prevailed until then; this tended to heighten...

, suggested by Jean Tupinier.

With the Henry IV, a rounded stern was introduced. The next ships were built with the rounded stern, and it was retrofitted on the early units of the class.

Units

• Hercule
  French ship Hercule (1836)
  The Hercule was a late 100-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.Captained by Joseph Grégoire Casy, Hercule distinguished herself in 1837 by beating in Rio de Janeiro and Newport....
  
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• Jemmapes (1840)

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• Tage
  French ship Tage
  The Tage was a 100-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.She was laid down as Polyphème in 1824, renamed Saint Louis, and eventually Tage. She was launched only in 1847...
  
  

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• Austerlitz
  French ship Austerlitz (1852)
  The Austerlitz was a late 100-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.Laid down as Ajax, she was renamed Austerlitz on 28 November 1839, still on keel.In 1850, her rigging was changed for that of a 90-gun, and a steam engine was installed....
  
  

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• Annibal, renamed Prince Jérôme

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• Dugay Trouin

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• Turenne

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• Ulm

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• Wagram

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• Navarin

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• Eylau
  French ship Eylau (1856)
  The Eylau was an converted fast screw ship of the line of the French Navy.Started as a 100-gun Hercule class ship of the line, Eylau was ordered converted to mixed propulsion in 1852, even before her keel was laid....
  
  

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