Héros was a first-rate 118-gun built for the French Navy during the 1810s. Completed in 1814, the ship did not play a significant role in the Napoleonic Wars. She was never commissioned and was struck from the navy list in 1828.
Description The later Océan-class ships had a length of at the gun deck a beam of and a depth of hold of . The ships displaced 5095 tonneaux and had a mean draught of . They had a tonnage of 2,794–2,930 port tonneaux. Their crew numbered 1,130 officers and ratings. They were fitted with three masts and ship rigged with a sail area of .Winfield & Roberts, pp. 44, 46–47
The muzzle-loading, smoothbore armament of the Océan class consisted of thirty-two 36-pounder long guns on the lower gun deck, thirty-four 24-pounder long guns on the middle gun deck and on the upper gundeck were thirty-four 18-pounder long guns. On the quarterdeck and forecastle were a total of fourteen 8-pounder long guns and a dozen 36-pounder carronades.Winfield & Roberts, p. 47
Construction and career Héros was ordered on 20 February 1812, laid down at the Arsenal de Toulon in April 1812. The ship was named on 21 May after , flagship of Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez during the Anglo-French War. She was launched on 15 August 1813 and completed in January 1814. Héros was disarmed on 1 April 1816, stricken on 10 March 1828 and hulked without having ever been commissioned. When Héros was broken up for scrap is unknown.Roche, p. 243
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Winfield, Rif and Roberts, Stephen S. (2015) French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786-1861: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing.