HMS Iphigenia was a Royal Navy 36-gun Perseverance-class fifth-rate frigate. She was built at Chatham Dockyard by Master Shipwright Robert Seppings.
HMS Iphigenia at the Battle of Grand Port
The Battle of Grand Port; Iphigenia is first from the left. By Pierre Julien Gilbert.
Africaine in French service
Cape Coast Castle
Perseverance-class frigate
The Perseverance-class frigate was a 36-gun, later 42-gun, 18-pounder fifth-rate frigate class of twelve ships of the Royal Navy, constructed in two batches. Designed by Surveyor of the Navy Sir Edward Hunt the first iteration, consisting of four ships, was constructed as a rival to the similar Flora-class frigate. Strongly built ships, the Perseverance class provided favourable gunnery characteristics and was highly manoeuvrable, but bought these traits with a loss of speed. The name ship of the class, Perseverance, was ordered in 1779 and participated in the American Revolutionary War, but her three sister ships were constructed too late to take part. The class continued in service after the war, but soon became outdated.
Perseverance-class frigate Phoenix off Malta
The 1781 lines of Perseverance, demonstrating the design of the first iteration
The 1811 lines of Orlando, demonstrating the standard design of the second iteration
Phoenix (left) in the action of 10 August 1805