French ship Généreux (1831)

Généreux was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Généreux.
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Généreux (1831), on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name: Généreux
Namesake: Generous
Ordered: 10 September 1812 [1]
Builder: Cherbourg[1]
Laid down: 3 July 1813 [1]
Launched: 23 September 1831 [1]
Decommissioned: 21 November 1855[1]
General characteristics [2]
Class and type: Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement:
  • 2,966 tonnes
  • 5,260 tonnes fully loaded
Length: 55.87 metres (183.3 ft) (172 pied)
Beam: 14.90 metres (48 ft 11 in)
Draught: 7.26 metres (23.8 ft) (22 pied)
Propulsion: Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails
Armament:
Armour: Timber

Career

Ordered in the late days of the First French Empire, Généreux was not completed before 1831, and then stayed in ordinary for years before finally becoming active in 1839, when she was appointed to Admiral Lalande's squadron in the Atlantic, under Captain Durand. In 1841, she served in the Mediterranean under Captain Graëb.[1]

From 1852, she was used as a prison ship, and served as barracks in Toulon from 1865.[1]

Notes, citations, and references

Notes

    Citations
    1. Roche, vol.1, p.223
    2. Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

    References
    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 223. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
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