British Third Rate ship of the line 'Genereux' (1800)

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Genereux	4429
Nominal Guns	74	BWAS-1793
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Previously	French Third Rate ship of the line 'Le Généreux' (1785) (74)
Captured	18.2.1800	BWAS-1793
First Commissioned	7.1800	BWAS-1793
Shipyard	Rochefort - Aunis	E-WIKI
Ship Class	Téméraire Class	E-WIKI
Designed by	Jacques-Noël Sané (1740-1831)	E-WIKI
Category	Third Rate	BWAS-1793
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	BWAS-1793
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1793
Broken Up	2.1816	BWAS-1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1793
Length of Gundeck185' 7"Imperial Feet56.3901
Length of Keel147' 10"Imperial Feet44.8056
Breadth49' 2"Imperial Feet14.9408
Depth in Hold20' 9"Imperial Feet6.3246
Burthen1,925 ⁴³⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

7.1800Broadside Weight = 1074 Imperial Pound ( 487.059 kg)BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck30 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck14 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck2 British 18-Pounder
Forecastle6 British 32-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 18-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
7.1800640 BWAS-1793

6 Commanding Officers

DatesRankNameSource
7.1800 - 2.1801Captain Manley Dixon (1757-1838)BWAS-17932.1801 - 8.1802Captain Velters Cornewall Berkeley (1754-1804)BWAS-17931.1805 - 2.1805Lieutenant Robert BrowneBWAS-17932.1805 - 1811Lieutenant William LanyonBWAS-17931812 - 1813Lieutenant John Allen (1789-1857)BWAS-17931814Lieutenant John Derby (d.1831)BWAS-1793

2 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
4.1800 - 11.1800Midshipman Henry BoyesNBD18491804 - 5.1805Midshipman William Baker Strugnell (1788-1850)NBD1849

Service History

DateEventSource
25.8.1800Took the Frigate La Diane (40) off Malta
1.1805Prison ship at Plymouth until 1814BWAS-1793
1.1805Refitted as a Other Vessels Prison Ship
2.1816Broken up at PlymouthBWAS-1793

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1793Rif Winfield, Book

E-WIKIVarious, Web Site

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

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