French Fifth Rate frigate 'L'Iris' (1781)

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L'Iris
Nominal Guns	32
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Previously	British Sixth Rate frigate 'Iris' (1777) (28) 1777-1781 British 28 Gun 6th Rate Frigate
Captured	11.9.1781
Shipyard	Newburyport - Massachusetts	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate
National Rate	Quatrième Rang
Ship Type	Frigate
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Captured	1793

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentNNF-1774
Length of Gundeck130' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)42.224 (138′ 6″ Imperial)
Length of Keel116' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)37.6768 (123′ 7″ Imperial)
Breadth32' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)10.3936 (34′ 1″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold16' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.1968 (17′ 0″ Imperial)
Draught Forward15' 0"French Feet (Pied du Roi)4.872 (15′ 11″ Imperial)
Draught Aft16' 1"French Feet (Pied du Roi)5.2013 (17′ 0″ Imperial)

Armament

1781Broadside Weight = 174 French Livre (187.7808 lbs 85.173 kg)NNF-1774
Gun Deck26 French 12-Pounder
Gun Deck6 French 6-Pounder

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
11.9.1781 - 1781Capitaine de Frégate,
Prize captainref:6311782 - 1783Lieutenant de VaisseauFWIKI1788 - 1790Capitaine de Vaisseau de Première Classeref:631

Service History

DateEventSource
3.1784Sold for 28.000 franc at Rochefort to Daniel GARESCHÉ, became the slaver IRIS of Rochelle until 7-1785NNF-1774
1788

Between 1788 and 1790, Prevost de Sansac made a trip to the West Indies aboard the frigate Iris ( as commander ?).

ref:631
1792Repurchased and converted to a Bomb vesselBWAS-1714
1793Taken by the British at Toulon and burnt during their evacuationBWAS-1714

Fleets
Dates	Fleet	Fleet Commander	Source
4.1781-1781	Division Le Saige	Jacques-Aime Le Saige (Chevalier de la Villebrune)French Naval Sailor Service 1780-1781

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

FWIKIVarious, Web Site

NNF-1774Alain Demerliac, Book

ref:631 Web Site

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