Nineteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Hercule, in honour of the Roman hero Hercules: (1657–1673), a 38-gun ship of the line (1642–1672), a 36-gun ship of the line rename Hercule in 1671 (1673–1678), a 50-gun ship of the line (1679–1704), a 30-gun ship of the line (1705–1741), a 64-gun ship of the line (1750–1760), a 66-gun ship of the line (1779), a fluyt (1779–1797), a 74-gun (1798–1798), a bomb vessel (1798), a (1800), a brig (1804–1815), a bomb vessel Provence (1815–1883), an 80-gun ship of the line, was renamed Hercule in 1815 (1836–1860), a 100-gun ship of the line (1893–1944), a tugboat (1914–1918), an auxiliary minesweeper (1939–1944), an auxiliary tugboat of the FNFL (1945–1951), a tugboat (1960–1993), a tugboat

See also Hercules (ship), other ships with name Hercules