HMS Alcide (1779)
HMS "Alcide", the French and Italian version of "Alcides", another name for Heracles, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 30 July 1779 at Deptford Dockyard. She fought at the battles of Cape St Vincent and Martinique in 1780, and the battles of St. Kitts and the Saintes in 1782. On 12 September 1780 "Alcide" captured the letter of marque "Pocahontas". The Royal Navy took her into service as . On 12 April 1782 "Alcide" was third in line of attack against the French fleet at the Battle of  the Saintes, under the command of Captain Charles Thomson. "Alcide" took part in operations against Corsica in September 1793, where she served as flagship to Commodore Robert Linzee. Fate. In January 1801 the Admiralty ordered "Alcide" to be cut down and fitted as a hulk. A survey had found her too bad to repair. "Alcide" was broken up in 1817.