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French ship Brillant (1815)

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Name
  
Brillant

Laid down
  
1813

Captured
  
18 April 1814

Length
  
56 m

Beam
  
15 m

Builder
  
Genoa

Launched
  
1814

Name
  
Genoa

Weight
  
2,966 tons

French ship Brillant (1815)

Brillant was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. The British captured her while still on keel, ready for launch, at the fall of the city in 1814. She was completed for the Royal Navy and served as HMS Genoa until 1838.

Career

Genoa was present at the Battle of Navarino.

References

French ship Brillant (1815) Wikipedia


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