Héros was a first-rate 118-gun built for the French Navy during the 1810s. Completed in 1814, the ship did not play a significant role in the Napoleonic Wars. She was never commissioned and was struck from the navy list in 1828.
The later Océan-class ships had a length of at the gun deck a beam of and a depth of hold of . The ships displaced 5095 tonneaux and had a mean draught of . They had a tonnage of 2,794âÂÂ2,930 port tonneaux. Their crew numbered 1,130 officers and ratings. They were fitted with three masts and ship rigged with a sail area of .
The muzzle-loading, smoothbore armament of the Océan class consisted of thirty-two 36-pounder long guns on the lower gun deck, thirty-four 24-pounder long guns on the middle gun deck and on the upper gundeck were thirty-four 18-pounder long guns. On the quarterdeck and forecastle were a total of fourteen 8-pounder long guns and a dozen 36-pounder carronades.
Héros was ordered on 20 February 1812, laid down at the Arsenal de Toulon in April 1812. The ship was named on 21 May after , flagship of Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez during the Anglo-French War. She was launched on 15 August 1813 and completed in January 1814. Héros was disarmed on 1 April 1816, stricken on 10 March 1828 and hulked without having ever been commissioned. When Héros was broken up for scrap is unknown.