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• The first Hercules was a 74-gun ship of the line, launched 1759, and sold 1784. Captain John Porter was in command in early 1759.
• ? Hercules was a 78-gun ship of the line taken prize by the British in 1798 and broken up in 1810. ?
• The second Hercules was a 74-gun ship of the line launched in 1815, on harbour service from 1853 and sold 1865.
• The third Hercules was an early battleship, launched 1868, on harbour service from 1881, a barracks from 1905Events January-April January 22 Massacre of Russian demonstrators at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, one of the triggers of the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905. January 26 The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier, renamed Calcutta in 1909Events January 5 Colombia recognizes the independence of Panama. January 16 Ernest Shackleton's expedition finds the magnetic South Pole. January 28 United States troops leave Cuba after being there since the Spanish-American War. February 12 The National, Fisgard II in 1915Events January 12 The Rocky Mountain National Park is established by an act of Congress. January 12 United States House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote. January 13 An earthquake (6. 8 in Richter scale) in Avezzano, Ital, and sold 19321932 is the leap year starting on Friday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 3 British arrest and intern Mohandas Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel January 8 In Britain the Archbishop of Canterbury forbids church remarriage of divorcees Jan.
• The fourth HerculesHMS Hercules was a Colossus class battleship built by Palmers, launched on May 10, 1910, and commissioned on July 31, 1911 at Portsmouth. She was a 20,000-ton dreadnought, mounting ten 12-inch (305 mm) guns and capable of 21 knots (39 km/h). She was the f was a Colossus-classThe ''Colossus class of two battleships of the British Royal Navy were among the first dreadnoughts following the original Dreadnought''. Originally intended to be called the Neptune class, the two ships had thicker armour and other differences from Neptu battleship built by Palmers, launched on May 10, 1910, and commissioned on July 31, 1911 at Portsmouth. She was a 20,000-ton dreadnought, mounting 10 12 inch (305 mm) guns and capable of 21 knots (39 km/h).
• Hercules was to be one of the six Majestic-class light fleet aircraft carriers . She was laid down October 12, 1943 and launched September 22, 1945, but work was suspended in May 1946. She was sold to India in January 1957, and commissioned March 4, 1961 as INS Vikrant.