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HMS Hero (1759) (1st)
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This the first ship to carry the name HMS Hero was a third rate,
74-gun ship-of-the-line.
Built at Deptford Dockyard, launched 28-Mar-1759, 166ft long, 47ft wide and of 1,574 tons builders measurement. Used as a prison ship from 1793. Renamed HMS Rochester 15-Sep-1800. Broken up at Chatham Jul-1810. Won the Battle Honours: Quiberon Bay 1759, Belle Isle 1761, Sadras 1782, Providien 1782, Negapatam 1782 and Trincomalee 1782.
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