List of ships named Hercules
Hercules was the name of a large number of ships, in honour of the Roman hero Hercules:
- Hercules (1792 ship), of 600 or 628 tons (bm), was an American ship built in New England that was lost off the Cape of Good Hope in 1797 while bringing rice from Bengal to England.
- Hercules (1801 ship) was a sailing ship built in 1801 at South Shields, England.
- Hercules, of 424 tons (bm), was launched at Calcutta in 1814; by 1839 she was an opium depot at Lintin.
- Hercules (1822 ship) was a sailing ship built in 1822 at Whitby, England, that made three voyages transporting convicts to Australia and two voyages for the British East India Company
See also
- ARA Hércules
- Hercules (Swedish ship)
- HMS Hercules
- Spanish ship Hercules
- SS Hercules
- USS Hercules
- French ship Hercule
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