French ship Généreux (1785)

	Le Généreux in action against HMS Leander
History
France
Name	Généreux
Namesake	Generosity
Builder	Rochefort shipyard
Launched	12 June (or July) 1785
Captured	by Britain, 1800
Great Britain
Name	Généreux
Acquired	1800
Nickname(s)	Jenny Rooks
Fate	Broken up in 1816
General characteristics
Class and type	Téméraire-class ship of the line
Displacement	1,966 tonnes; 3,260 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:; 16 × 8-pounder long guns; 4 × 36-pounder carronades;

Généreux was a French Téméraire-class 74-gun ship of the line. After capture she completed her career as part of the Royal Navy as HMS Généreux.

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