''Hercule'' was a
''Scipion'' class 74-gun French
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ship of the line
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built at
Rochefort
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In 1781, under Captain
Turpin du Breuil, ''Hercule'' was in the Blue squadron of the fleet under
De Grasse. She took part in the
Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781, and in the subsequent
Siege of Yorktown
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Under Captain
Jean Isaac Chadeau de la Clocheterie
Jean Isaac Timothée Chadeau, Sieur de la Clocheterie (1741–1782) was a French naval officer of the American Revolutionary War.
Biography Early career
Chadeau de la Clocheterie entered the French naval service in 1754, at the age of thirteen, ...
in the
Battle of the Saintes.
''Hercule'' was razéed in 1794. In May 1795, she was renamed to ''Hydre''.
She was eventually broken up in 1799.
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Ships of the line of the French Navy
Scipion-class ships of the line