Name Généreux Ordered 10 September 1812 Laid down 3 July 1813 Construction started 3 July 1813 Weight 2,966 tons | Namesake Generous Builder Cherbourg Decommissioned 21 November 1855 Launched 23 September 1831 | |
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Généreux was a Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
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.
From 1852, she was used as a prison ship, and served as barracks in Toulon from 1865.
References
French ship Généreux (1831) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA