Iphigénie class frigate

Fight between Bellone and HMS Foudroyant at the Battle of Tory Island
Class overview
Name:	Iphigénie
Builders:	Lorient and Saint Malo
Operators:	French Navy  Royal Navy
Completed:	9
General characteristics
Type:	frigate
Tonnage:	1,100 tons (French)
Length:	43.53 m (142.8 ft) (overall) 38.98 m (127.9 ft) (keel)
Beam:	11.21 m (36.8 ft)
Depth of hold:	5.68 m (18.6 ft)
Propulsion:	Sail
Armament:	32 guns: 26 × 12-pounder long guns 6 × 6-pounder long guns Several had 2 or 4 x 36-pounder obusiers added
Armour:	Timber

The Iphigénie class was a group of nine 32-gun/12-pounder frigates of the French Navy, built during the late 1770s at Lorient (2 ships) and Saint Malo (7 ships). They were designed by Léon Guignace. The seven built at Saint Malo were initially numbered Nos. 1 – 7 respectively, and not given names until October 1777 (for Nos 1 – 4) and the start of 1778 (Nos. 5 – 7); all seven were captured by the British Navy between 1779 and the end of 1800. Of the two built at Lorient, the Spanish captured one, and a storm wrecked the other.