Hector-class ship of the line

Class overview
A 74-gun French ship of the line similar to the Hector-class ships of the line
Succeeded by	Magnifique-class ship of the line
General characteristics
Armament	74 Guns

The Hector class was a type of 74-gun ship of the line designed for the French Navy in the 1750s.

French Navy ship of the line classes timeline, 1750s–1900s

Type	1750s–1760s				1770s–1780s				1790s–1800s				1810s–1820s				1830s–1840s				1850s–1860s				1870s–1880s				1890s–1900s
	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	00	05	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	55	60	65	70	75	80	85	90	95	00	05
130 gun three-decker																						Bretagne
110-120 gun three-decker		Sans-Pareil class						Océan class
				Bretagne																Valmy
							Terrible class						Commerce de Paris class
90-100 gun two-decker																					Napoléon class
																Suffren class
																		Hercule class
80-gun two-decker			Saint-Esprit class
								Deux Frères				Bucentaure class
									Tonnant class
74-gun two-decker
	Magnifique class
		Souverain class
		Diadème class
				Citoyen class
				Marseillois
					César class
							Magnanime class
							Annibal class
							Scipion class
							Pégase class
							Téméraire class
								Centaure class