HMS Iris

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Iris, 1777
Type: 6th rate ; Armament 24
Launched : Taken 1777 ; Disposal date or year : 1781
Disposal Details : Taken by the French
Notes:

1777 American revolutionary frigate Hancock captured.

18 Dec 1793 Toulon. The powder-ships Iris and Montr�al had been British frigates: the latter, of 681 tons, was captured by the French in 1779; the former, of 730 tons (originally an American frigate,), in 1781.