SS Hercules

Hercules was the name of a large number of steamships.

SS Hercules (1835), built for the Chester and Holyhead railway, later acquired by the London and North Western Railway.
SS Hercules (1888), built for Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Neptun, Bremen. In service 1888-89
SS Hercules (1903), built for Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Neptun. In service 1903-14
SS Hercules (1910), built for the London Brighton and South Coast Railway as SS Brittany. Renamed Hercules in 1936
SS Hercules (1929), built for Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft Neptun. In service 1929-45.

For other ships named Hercules see the following entries on the Miramar website (subscription required). These may be sailing ships, steam ships or motor vessels.

(1822-98), (1898-1911), (1911-76) and (1977 on)

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