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Généreux, 1800-1816
Type: 3rd rate ; Armament 74
Taken : 18 Feb 1800 ;
Notes:
18 Feb 1800 Captured, February 18 by a British squadron in the Mediterranean. (Vol iii, Appendix No 8)
Apr-5 Jun 1800 blockade of Genoa and cutting out of the Prima galley.
24 Aug 1800 capture of the 40-gun French frigate, Diane, off Malta, added to the British navy under the name of Niobe.
8 Feb 1801 sailed from off Cadiz to Gibraltar and Port-Mahon in pursuit of a French squadron which has passed through into the Mediterranean with a view to landing troops in Egypt. 25 Feb the French squadron was sighted off the island of Toro, and again in the early days of Jun., but was subsequently lost, having returned to Toulon.
13-14 Sep 1801 involved in operations at Porto-Ferrajo.
May 1805 Plymouth ; Prison Ship: Lieutenant Wm. Lanyon
Plymouth 2 Sep 1814 Is to be sold (prison ship).