French ship Iphigénie

Seven ships of the French navy have borne the name Iphigénie, in honour of Iphigenia.

French ship named Iphigénie

• Iphigénie (1777), a frigate, lead ship of her class. Captured by Spanish Navy in 1795, she became Ifigenia.
• Oder (1813), a frigate, was ordered as Iphigénie in 1805
• Iphigénie (1810), the British 18-pounder frigate HMS Iphigenia, built in 1805 and captured in August 1810. She was retaken by the Royal Navy in December 1810.
• Iphigénie (1810), a Pallas-class frigate, captured by British Navy 1814, becoming HMS Gloire before being sold in 1817.
• Iphigénie (1827), a 60-gun frigate.
• Iphigénie (1881), a first-class cruiser
• Iphigénie (1936), a La Melpomène-class torpedo boat

Ships of the French Navy named Iphigénie

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  Proserpine, sister-ship of Iphigénie (1777)
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  HMS Iphigenia (1810) at the Battle of Grand Port before becoming Iphigénie
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  Clorinde, sister-ship of the Pallas-class Iphigénie (1810)
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  Iphigénie (1827) at rear of the line during the Battle of Veracruz
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  The cruiser Iphigénie (1881)

See also

• HMS Iphigenia

Notes and references

Bibliography

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 372–373. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 250. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.