French ship Généreux (1831)
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 |
| Builder | Cherbourg |
| Laid down | 3 July 1813 |
| Launched | 23 September 1831 |
| Decommissioned | 21 November 1855 |
| Fate | Broken up |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 3,069 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 1,537 port tonneaux |
| Length | 55.87 m (183 ft 4 in) |
| Beam | 14.46 m (47 ft 5 in) |
| Draught | 7.15 m (23.5 ft) |
| Depth of hold | 7.15 m (23 ft 5 in) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Crew | 705 |
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Généreux was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy during the 1810s. Completed in 1832, she was not commissioned until 1839.