British Fifth Rate frigate 'Iphigenia' (1780)

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Iphigenia	7712
Nominal Guns	32	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	26.2.1779	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	25.5.1779	BWAS-1714
Launched	27.12.1780	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Mistley - Essex	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Amazon Class (1770)	BWAS-1714
Designed by	John WilliamsBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1762-1784	BWAS-1714
Constructor	James BettsBritish Ship Builder Service 1778-1807	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Burnt	20.7.1801	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck126' 2"Imperial Feet38.4068
Length of Keel104' 3"Imperial Feet31.7183
Breadth35' 0 ½"Imperial Feet10.6807
Depth in Hold12' 2"Imperial Feet3.683
Burthen680 ⁷²⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

27.12.1780Broadside Weight = 228 Imperial Pound ( 103.398 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26 British 12-Pounder
Quarterdeck4 British 18-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck4 British 6-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 6-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1770220Design Complement

8 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
13.12.1780 - 28.11.1781Captain Transfered ADM 6/22/209BWAS-17143.12.1781 - 22.3.1783Captain Transfered ADM 6/22/376BWAS-171418.3.1783 - 18.3.1786Captain ADM 6/23/37BWAS-171410.5.1790 - 5.2.1791Captain ADM 6/24/27BWAS-17145.2.1791 - 20.9.1791Captain ADM 6/24/106ADM 6/2420.9.1791 - 1794Captain† ADM 6/24/136ADM 6/241795 - 9.1796CaptainBWAS-17143.1800 - 20.7.1801CommanderBWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
10.2.1793 - 4.1793Rear-Admiral of the Blueref:676

11 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
3.2.1791 - 19.9.1791Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/106ADM 6/245.2.1791 - 19.9.1791First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/106ADM 6/2420.9.1791 - 3.2.1793First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/136ADM 6/2420.9.1791 - 12.2.1793Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/136ADM 6/2420.9.1791 - 12.2.1793Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/136ADM 6/2424.5.1792 - 25.12.1792First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/165ADM 6/244.2.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/203ADM 6/2413.2.1793 - 5.12.1793Second Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/208ADM 6/2413.2.1793 - 20.7.1793Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/208ADM 6/2421.7.1793 - 1794Third Lieutenant ADM 6/25/17
Issued by , East Indies - Asia
Confirmed 5.3.1794ADM 6/2513.11.1812 - 24.9.1813First LieutenantNBD1849

2 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
19.5.1790 - 2.8.1790MasterADM 29-11795 - bef.11.11.1795Surgeonref:1981

2 Petty Officers

DatesRatingNameSource
14.3.1781 - 24.12.1781MidshipmanNAO7.1792 - 18.5.1793MidshipmanRNB1823

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
12.11.1780 - 13.3.1781Able SeamanNAO

Service History

DateEventSource
27.12.1780building at Mistleythorne - Essex at a cost of £15328.16.2dBWAS-1714
3.1781Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
11.5.1781Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
2.7.1781Took the Privateer off Flamborough Head
5.8.1781Battle of Dogger Bank
1782Sailed for the Baltic with a convoyBWAS-1714
18.1.1783Sailed for the East Indies, but returned disabled and paid offBWAS-1714
3.1783RecommissionedBWAS-1714
5.11.1783Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
10.1786Paid offBWAS-1714
2.1788Began middling repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
11.1788Completed middling repair at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £9938.0.0dBWAS-1714
6.1790fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness at a cost of £1615.0.0dBWAS-1714
1791Recommissioned for the Spanish ArmamentBWAS-1714
9.1791Paid off and recommissionedBWAS-1714
16.2.1793Took the Sloop
24.3.1793Sailed for the Leeward IslandsBWAS-1714
29.10.1793Took the Frigate off San Domingo
25.11.1793Took the Frigate
4.1.1794Operations against San Domingo
16.3.1794Took the Brig
16.3.1794Took the Unrated
1795At JamaicaBWAS-1714
21.3.1796Attack on Leogane
9.1796Paid offBWAS-1714
7.1798Began fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
8.1798Completed fitting at Sheerness Dockyard - Sheerness BWAS-1714
2.1800Began fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth BWAS-1714
3.1800RecommissionedBWAS-1714
3.1800Refitted as a 16 gun Unrated Troop Ship
1801Egypt operationsBWAS-1714
6.1801Completed fitting at Plymouth Dockyard - Plymouth at a cost of £10159.0.0dBWAS-1714
20.7.1801Burnt by accident in Aboukir BayBWAS-1714

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