Généreux — French Ship of the Line
Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A fleet at anchor in a bay. Not a named portrait of the ship.
Overview
Généreux is already named on the Battle of the Nile 1798 — Overview. At dawn on 2 August 1798 Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral in Guillaume Tell — French 80-gun Ship cut his cables and escaped with three other ships. The battle note names the four that got away as Guillaume Tell, Généreux, and the frigates Diane — French Frigate and Justice — French Frigate.1
Service
This note covers that escape only. A gun-count, a rate, a captain, and a later career stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.
Of thirteen French ships of the line, eleven were captured or destroyed. The battle note treats Généreux with Guillaume Tell as the ships of the line among the four survivors.2
Sources
- @knight2005pursuit — pp. 281–320
- @white2005nelson
- @adkin2005trafalgar
- Battle of the Nile 1798 — Overview
Related
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Same Battle
- Guillaume Tell — French 80-gun Ship
- Diane — French Frigate
- Justice — French Frigate
- Franklin — French 80-gun Ship
- Tonnant — French 80-gun Ship
- Spartiate — French Ship of the Line
- L’Orient — French 120-gun Flagship
- Villeneuve Pierre-Charles — French Admiral
- Battle of the Nile 1798 — Overview
- Aboukir Bay — Egypt
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Footnotes
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Dawn 2 August 1798; four that escaped named as Guillaume Tell, Généreux, Diane, and Justice: Battle of the Nile 1798 — Overview. ↩
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Eleven of thirteen ships of the line taken or destroyed; Généreux named with Guillaume Tell, not among the frigates: same battle note. Do not invent a gun-count or rate. ↩