French frigate Iris (1781)

A frigate similar to HMS Iris
History
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NameIris
BuilderToulon shipyard
Laid downMay 1781
Launched29 October 1781
CapturedAugust 1793
FateDestroyed December 1793
General characteristics
Class and typeMagicienne-class frigate
Displacement1,100 tons (French)
Length
  • 44.18 m (144.9 ft) (overall)
  • 38.66 m (126.8 ft) (keel)
Beam11.21 m (36.8 ft)
Draught5.2 m (17 ft) (laden)
Depth of hold5.79 m (19.0 ft)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement265–285
Armament
  • 26 × 12-pounder long guns
  • 6 × 6-pounder guns

The French frigate Iris was a Magicienne-class frigate, one of seven, launched at Toulon in 1781 for the French Navy. : Between 1781 and 1784, there were two French frigates Iris, this newly launched frigate, and the former USS Hancock, which the British had captured in 1781 in the American theatre and renamed Iris, and which the French had captured in 1781 and sold in 1784. The British captured the new Iris at Toulon on 28 August 1793, and burned her on their evacuation of the city in December.