The Hercules was a Dutch 68-gun third rate ship of the line of the navy of the Dutch Republic, the Batavian Republic, and the Royal Navy. The order to construct the ship was given by the Admiralty of the Meuse in 1781.In 1795, the ship was commissioned in the Batavian Navy.On 11 October 1797 the Hercules took part in the Battle of Camperdown under Captain G.J. van Rijsoort.