Editing HMS Hercules

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Five ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have borne the name '''HMS ''Hercules''''', or '''HMS ''Hercule''''', after the Greek and Roman hero [[Hercules]]. Another was launched, but never served in the Navy:
* {{HMS|Hercules|1759}} was a [[74-gun]] [[third rate]] launched in 1759 and sold in 1784.
* [[French ship Hercule (1797)|HMS ''Hercule'']] was a 74-gun third rate captured by {{HMS|Mars|1794|6}} in 1798 and broken up in 1810.
* {{HMS|Hercules|1815}} was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1815. She was used for harbour service from 1853 and was sold in 1865.
* {{HMS|Hercules|1868}} was an [[ironclad warship|ironclad]] [[battleship]] launched in 1868. She was used for harbour service from 1881, as a barracks from 1905, was renamed HMS ''Calcutta'' in 1909, HMS ''Fisgard II'' in 1915, and was sold in 1932.
* {{HMS|Hercules|1910}} was a {{sclass|Colossus|battleship (1910)|0}} battleship launched in 1910 and sold for breaking up in 1921.
* {{HMS|Hercules|R49}} was a {{sclass|Majestic|aircraft carrier|0}} light fleet [[aircraft carrier]] launched in 1945, but not completed until purchased by India in 1957. Commissioned in 1961 as {{INS|Vikrant|1961|6}}, she was paid off in 1997 and was a [[museum ship]] between 2001 and 2012. She was scrapped in 2014.

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