French ship Hercule

Nineteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Hercule, in honour of the Roman hero Hercules:

{{ship|French ship|Hercule|1657|2}} (1657–1673), a 38-gun ship of the line
{{ship|French ship|Soleil|1642|2}} (1642–1672), a 36-gun ship of the line rename Hercule in 1671
{{ship|French ship|Hercule|1673|2}} (1673–1678), a 50-gun ship of the line
{{ship|French ship|Hercule|1679|2}} (1679–1704), a 30-gun ship of the line
{{ship|French ship|Hercule|1705|2}} (1705–1741), a 64-gun ship of the line
{{ship|French ship|Hercule|1750|2}} (1750–1760), a 66-gun ship of the line
{{ship|French fluyt|Hercule||2}} (1779), a fluyt
{{ship|French ship|Hercule|1779|2}} (1779–1797), a 74-gun
{{ship|French bomb vessel|Hercule|1798|2}} (1798–1798), a bomb vessel
{{ship|French ship|Hercule|1797|2}} (1798), a {{sclass|Téméraire|ship of the line|2}}
{{ship|French brig|Hercule||2}} (1800), a brig
{{ship|French bomb vessel|Hercule|1804|2}} (1804–1815), a bomb vessel
Provence (1815–1883), an 80-gun ship of the line, was renamed Hercule in 1815
{{ship|French ship|Hercule|1836|2}} (1836–1860), a 100-gun ship of the line
{{ship|French tugboat|Hercule|1893|2}} (1893–1944), a tugboat
{{ship|French minesweeper|Hercule||2}} (1914–1918), an auxiliary minesweeper
{{ship|French tugboat|Hercule|1939|2}} (1939–1944), an auxiliary tugboat of the FNFL
{{ship|French tugboat|Hercule|1945|2}} (1945–1951), a tugboat
{{ship|French tugboat|Hercule|1960|2}} (1960–1993), a tugboat