Scale model of Achille, sister ship of French ship Brillant (1815), on display at the Musée de la Marine in Paris.
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History | |
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France | |
Name: | Brillant |
Builder: | Genoa |
Laid down: | 1813 |
Launched: | 1814 |
Captured: | 18 April 1814 |
United Kingdom | |
Name: | Genoa |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
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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: |
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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.
Genoa was present at the Battle of Navarino.