French frigate Iphigénie (1777)
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| Name: | Iphigénie |
| Captured: | By the Spanish on 14 February 1795 |
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| Name: | Ifigenia |
| Out of service: | 1818 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Iphigénie class frigate |
| Displacement: | 620 tonnes |
| Length: | 134 ft |
| Beam: | 34 ft 6 in |
| Draught: | 5.5 metres |
| Propulsion: | Sail |
| Armament: |
32 guns: |
| Armour: | Timber |
The Iphigénie was a 32-gun Iphigénie class frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of her class.
In April 1778, she captured the 18-gun sloop HMS Ceres off Saint Lucia, and one year later she took part in the Battle of Grenada.
On 14 February 1795, she was captured in the Gulf of Roses by the Spanish Admiral Juan de Lángara and brought into Spanish service as Ifigenia.
References
- Dictionnaire de la flotte de guerre française, Jean-Michel Roche.
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