French corvette Iris (1806)

Rainbow drawn in 1809
History
France
Name	Iris
Ordered	19 February 1803
Builder	Dunkirk, plans by Brelocq, revised by Sané
Laid down	19 February 1805
Launched	11 October 1806
Commissioned	1 October 1808
Captured	3 January 1809
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Rainbow
Acquired	February 1809 by capture
Fate	Sold 1815
General characteristics [1][2]
Class and type	Iris-class corvette
Displacement	756 tons (French)
Tons burthen	58717⁄94 (bm)
Length	123 ft 9 in (37.7 m) (gundeck) 105 ft 10+5⁄8 in (32.3 m) (keel)
Beam	32 ft 5 in (9.9 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 1+1⁄2 in (3.1 m)
Complement	French service: 140 British service: 173
Armament	Originally: 20 × 8-pounder guns 1808: 18 × 24-pounder carronades + 2 × 12-pounder long guns British service: Upper deck: 20 × 32-pounder carronade QD: 6 × 18-pounder carronades Fc: 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

Iris was a 20-gun corvette of the French Navy. The Royal Navy captured her in 1809 and took her into service as HMS Rainbow. She was sold in 1815.