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The ''Hercule'' class was a late type of 100-gun ships of the line of the French Navy. They were the second strongest of four ranks of ships of the line designed by the
* ''Annibal'', renamed ''Prince Jérôme''''Loire'' (ex-''Hoche'', ex-''Prince Jérôme'', ex-''Annibal'')
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Commission de Paris The Commission de Paris was a body of French naval engineers gathered in 1821 to design the future frigates and ships of the line of the French Navy for the post-Empire era. Presided by Jacques-Noël Sané, the Commission comprised Jean-Marguerite ...
. 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 , suggested by Jean Tupinier. With the ''Henri 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
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The Bombardment of Odessa was an action during the Crimean War in which a joint Anglo-French squadron of warships attacked the Russian port of Odessa.
Background and formation
On 6 April 1854, soon after the declaration of war by Britain and F ...
(1854). Lost in a storm at Eupatoria in the Crimea (14.11.1854)
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hercule Class Ship Of The Line 100-gun ship of the line classes Ship of the line classes from France Ship classes of the French Navy