French ship Brillant (1815)

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Achille
Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Brillant (1815), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name: Brillant
Builder: Genoa[1]
Laid down: 1813 [1]
Launched: 1814 [1]
Captured: 18 April 1814 [1]
United Kingdom
Name: Genoa [1]
General characteristics [2]
Class & 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

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.[3]

Career

Genoa was present at the Battle of Navarino.[3]


Notes, citations, and references

Notes

Citations

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Roche, vol.1, p.87
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  3. 3.0 3.1 Genoa, 1814, Naval Database.

References

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