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French ship Héros (1752)

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Builder
  
Brest arsenal

Completed
  
October 1752

Draught
  
20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)

Launched
  
1 September 1752

Weight
  
1,500 tons

Laid down
  
November 1750

Displacement
  
1500 tonnes

Construction started
  
November 1750

Length
  
53 m

Beam
  
14 m

French ship Héros (1752)

Fate
  
scuttled on the 21 November 1759

The Héros ("hero") was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, built by Joseph Chapelle at Brest and launched in 1752

In 1755, the Héros, under captain de Kermabon, took part in the Canadian campaign in the Bullion de Montlouet squadron.

She was wrecked off le Croisic and scuttled at the Battle of Quiberon Bay, the 21 September 1759.

References

French ship Héros (1752) Wikipedia