HMS Hercules

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|6 was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1759 and sold in 1784.
*HMS "Hercule" was a 74-gun third rate captured by HMS "Mars" in 1798 and broken up in 1810.
*HMS|Hercules|1815|6 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|6 was an 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|6 was a "Colossus"-class battleship launched in 1910 and sold for breaking up in 1921.
*HMS|Hercules|R49|6 was to have been a "Majestic"-class light fleet aircraft carrier. She was launched in 1945 but was not completed. She was sold to India in 1957, and commissioned in 1961 as INS "Vikrant". She was paid off in 1997 and opened as a museum ship in 2001.