HMS Genoa
HMS Genoa, Commodore Bathurst, at the Battle of Navarino 20 October 1827, drawn by George Philip Reinagle from onboard HMS Mosquito | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| France | |
| Name | Brillant |
| Builder | Genoa |
| Laid down | 1813 |
| Captured | On slip 18 April 1814 |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Genoa |
| Launched | 18 April 1815 |
| Acquired | 18 April 1814 |
| Commissioned | 18 May 1821 |
| Fate | Broken up, January 1838 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
| Displacement | 3,069 tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 1,537 port tonneaux |
| 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 |
| Complement | 600 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | Timber |
HMS Genoa was a 74-gun Téméraire-class ship of the line built for the French Navy as Brillant during the 1810s. She was captured incomplete while still on slipway by the British during the fall of Genoa in 1814. She was completed for the Royal Navy and served as HMS Genoa until 1838. On 20 October 1827 Genoa took part in the Battle of Navarino where her captain Walter Bathurst was killed.