French ship Généreux (1810)

History
Portugal
Name	Ouvidor Pereira
Captured	October 1809
France
Name	Généreux
Acquired	1810 by purchase of a prize
Fate	Broken up 1838
General characteristics
Displacement	Unloaded:559 tons (French) ; Loaded: 900 tons loaded (French);
Length	37.35 m (122.5 ft)
Beam	9.74 m (32.0 ft)
Draught	4.27 m (14.0 ft)
Depth of hold	4.90 m (16.1 ft)
Complement	35-135
Armament	Portuguese: 18 × 12-pounder guns; 1810:12 × 12-pounder guns; 1812:6 × 8-pounder + 6 × 4-pounder guns; 1814:20 × 8-pounder guns; 1827:2 × 6-pounder guns + 10 × 18-pounder carronades;
Notes	Teak-built, with iron bolts and copper sheathing

The French ship Généreux was originally the Portuguese merchantman Ouvidor Pereira (i.e. "Magistrate Pereira", often simply L'Ovidor in French sources, and frequently Ovidor Pereira in contemporary English records). Captured by Entreprenant in 1809, the French navy took her into service as Généreux. In 1814 she was renamed Loire. She was decommissioned at Brest in July 1838 and struck from the lists in August before being broken up.

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