HMS Genoa

	Scale model of Achille, sister ship of HMS Genoa, on display at the Musée national de la Marine in Paris.
History
France
Name	Brillant
Builder	Genoa
Laid down	1813
Launched	1814
Captured	18 April 1814
United Kingdom
Name	Genoa
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
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	74 guns:; Lower gundeck:; 28 × 36-pounder long guns; Upper gundeck:; 30 × 18-pounder long guns; Forecastle and Quarter deck:; 6 × 8-pounder long guns; 10 × 36-pounder carronades;
Armour	Timber

Brillant was a Template:Sclass- 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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Roche, vol.1, p.87
^ Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
^ ^a ^b Genoa, 1814, Naval Database.

References

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 161-162. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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[roche87-1] Roche, vol.1, p.87

[2] Clouet, Alain (2007). "La marine de Napoléon III : classe Téméraire - caractéristiques". dossiersmarine.free.fr. Retrieved 4 April 2013.

[Naval_Database-3] Genoa, 1814, Naval Database.

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