French frigate Iphigénie (1777)
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Iphigénie was a 32-gun Iphigénie-class frigate of the French Navy, and the lead ship of her class. She was briefly in British hands after the Anglo-Spanish capture of Toulon in August 1793 but the French recaptured her December. The Spanish captured her in 1795 and her subsequent fate is unknown.
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France | |
Name | Iphigénie |
Namesake | Iphigenia |
Builder | Gilles Cambry, Lorient Dockyard, on the basis of plans by Léon-Michel Guignace |
Laid down | February 1777 |
Launched | 16 October 1777 |
Completed | March 1778 |
Captured | By the British in August 1793 |
Great Britain | |
Acquired | August 1793 by capture |
Captured | December 1793 |
France | |
Name | Iphigénie |
Acquired | December 1793 by capture |
Captured | February 1795 |
Spain | |
Name | Ifigenia |
Acquired | February 1795 by capture |
Out of service | 1818 |
Fate | Wrecked |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Iphigénie-class frigate |
Displacement | ~1150 tonnes |
Length | 134 ft 0 in (40.8 m) |
Beam | 34 ft 6 in (10.5 m) |
Draught | 17 ft 6 in (5.3 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 270-290 |
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