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Iphigenia

HMS Iphigenia

Captured

Royal Navy, then French Navy

TypeFrigate
RateFifth rate
Guns36
WarNapoleonic Wars

Service

1808–1810Iphigenia
Britain
1810Iphigénie

Captured at Grand Port

France
from 1810Iphigenia

Retaken at Mauritius

Britain

36-gun frigate. Surrendered at Grand Port in 1810; retaken when the British took Mauritius that December.

the Battle of Grand Port: HMS Iphigenia striking her colours (actually happened the next day)Oil on canvas Photo: Pierre-Julien Gilbert, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • UD: 26 x 18-pound long guns
  • QD: 12 x 32-pound carronadess
  • Fc: 4 x 9-pound long guns
Laid down1805
Launched26 April 1808
Complement264

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

26 April 1808

Battle of Grand Port
Captured

20–27 August 1810

Surrendered to Hamelin

Fate

Captured

Broken up May 1851