French ship Héros (1778)
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| Career France |  |
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| Builder: | Toulon arsenal |
| Laid down: | 1778 |
| Launched: | |
| Status: | scuttled by fire on the 18 December 1793 |
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| Length: | 168 ft |
| Beam: | 43,6 ft |
| Draught: | 21 ft |
| Propulsion: | sail |
| Speed: | |
| Complement: | |
| Armament: | 74 guns: Lower battery: 28 36-pounders |
| Armour: | timber |
The Héros was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, known mostly for being the flagship of Suffren during the American war of independence.
She was built in 1778 at Toulon on a design by Joseph-Marie-Blaise Coulomb.
In 1781, she became the flagship of Suffren.
She was in Toulon when the city was captured by the British. When the city was liberated in 1793, the British scuttled by fire.
[edit] See also
- French ship Héros for other ships of the same name
