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French ship Génois (1805)
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Génois was a Téméraire class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy, of the sub-type of Borée and Pluton.
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![]() Portrait of Borée, sister-ship of Génois, on 12 April 1807, by Antoine Roux
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Name | Génois |
Namesake | Genoa (demonym) |
Ordered | 8 July 1803[1] |
Builder | Muzzio and Migone, Genoa[1] |
Launched | 16 August 1805.[1] |
Commissioned | 1 November 1805[1] |
Stricken | 1821[1] |
Fate | Broken up in 1821[1] |
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Class and type | Téméraire-class ship of the line |
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Length | 54 m (177 ft 2 in)[1] |
Beam | 14.3 m (46 ft 11 in)[1] |
Draught | 6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)[1] |
Propulsion | Up to 2,485 m2 (26,750 sq ft) of sails[1] |
Complement | 678 men[1] |
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