Iphigénie was a 32-gun Iphigénie-class

Iphigénie class frigate

The Iphigénie class was a group of nine 32-gun/12-pounder frigates of the French Navy, built during the late 1770s at Lorient and Saint Malo . 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 ...

 frigate of the French Navy

French Navy

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, and the lead ship of her class.

In April 1778, she captured the 18-gun sloop off Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia

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. She captured during the same year. One year later she took part in the Battle of Grenada

Battle of Grenada

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On 14 February 1795, she was captured

Action of 14 February 1795

The Action of 14 February 1795 was a minor naval engagement of the French Revolutionary Wars fought in the Gulf of Roses between a ship of the line of Juan de Lángara’s fleet and a French squadron of a frigate and a corvette...

 in the Gulf of Roses

Roses Gulf

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 by a Spanish fleet under Admiral Juan de Lángara

Juan de Lángara

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and brought into Spanish service as Ifigenia.