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     Hercule      

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Country: France.
Class, [Type]: Hercule, [SL].

Builder: Cherbourg Shipyard, France.
Laid down date: 1824.
Launch date: 1836.
Commission date: 1 May 1837.
Decommission date: 16 January 1860.

Displacement ( tons ): 4400 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 62,5 x 16,2 x 8,2.
Main machinery: Sails.
Sail plan: Full rigged ship.
Complement: 955.

Guns: 70muzzle-loading smooth-bore gans:
Lower deck: 22 x 30pdrs, 8 x 220mm Paixhans guns;
- Upper deck: 24 Ч 30pdrs, 8 x 220mm Paixhans guns;
- Quarterdeck/Forecastle: 20 x 30pdrs, 4 Ч 160mm Paixhans guns.

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