Editing Hercules (section)

===Military===
{{for|ships named Hercules|Hercules (ship)}}
Six successive ships of the British [[Royal Navy]], from the 18th to the 20th century, bore the name [[HMS Hercules|HMS ''Hercules'']].

In the [[French Navy]], there were no less than nineteen ships called ''[[French ship Hercule|Hercule]]'', plus three more named ''[[HMS Alcide|Alcide]]'' which is another name of the same hero.

Hercules' name was also used for five ships of the [[US Navy]], four ships of the [[Spanish Navy]], four of the [[Argentine Navy]] and two of the [[Swedish Navy]], as well as for numerous civilian sailing and steam ships.

In modern aviation a [[military transport aircraft]] produced by [[Lockheed Martin]] carries the title [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules]].

[[Operation Herkules]] was the German code-name given to an abortive plan for the invasion of [[Malta]] during the  [[Second World War]].