1/48 scale model of the Océan class 120-gun ship of the line Commerce de Marseille, sister-ship of the Héros. On display at Marseille naval museum.
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History | |
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France | |
Name: | Héros |
Namesake: | French ship Héros |
Completed: | 1813 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Océan class ship of the line |
Displacement: | 2 700 tonnes |
Length: | 65.18 m (213.8 ft) (196,6 French feet) |
Beam: | 16.24 m (53.3 ft) (50 French feet) |
Draught: | 8.12 m (26.6 ft) (25 French feet) |
Propulsion: | sail, 3 265 m² |
Complement: | 1 079 men |
Armament: |
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Armour: | Timber |
The Héros was a first-rate 118-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the Océan type, designed by Jacques-Noël Sané.
Ordered in 1812, she was disarmed in 1816 in an unfinished state.
She was eventually broken up in 1828 without having ever been commissioned.