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Iris Class

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This class was designed by Hubert . Its sail area was 785 sq.yd. and its height of battery 3ft 7in . The plans were reused for the four ships ordered at Lorient and St.Servain (St Servan ?) in 1835 because the ministry had had consistently good reports on the "Iris" type. (One of these also reused the name of an earlier ship, Daphné.) The four ships built in 1842-4 were repeats of "Toulonnaise" . The only six-gun schooners built by the navy between 1816-52 which were probably not of this type were "Amarante" (Lorient, 25.8.17, stk. 1833) and "Sauterelle" (Brest, 28.7.17, lost 1819) .


NationalityFrance
Nominal Guns6
Approved1818
Designer
Jean-Baptiste HubertFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1797-1818
RateUnrated
TypeSchooner
Designed Crew61
Ships in Class22
Design ArmamentBroadside Weight = 54.00 French Livre (58.28 lbs 26.43 kg)ref:1122
Gun Deck6 x French 18-Pounder
Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed     25.18  2.65157
L'Iris (6) 1818-1844
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownRochefort - Aunis 6.4.18181844Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
La Béarnaise (6) 1820-1837
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownBayonne - Aquitaine 17.5.18201837Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
L'Hirondelle (6) 1820-1837
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownBayonne - Aquitaine 31.5.18201837Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
La Lyonnaise (6) 1821-1838
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownBayonne - Aquitaine 31.5.182121.3.1838Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
La Provencale (6) 1821-1827
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownBayonne - Aquitaine 14.6.18211827Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
Le Philomèle (6) 1822-1834
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownBayonne - Aquitaine 2.8.182231.12.1834Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
La Gloriole (6) 1822-1823
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownBayonne - Aquitaine 2.8.18221823Wrecked25.18  2.65157
La Toulonnaise (6) 1823-1843
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownToulon - Provence 4.182318.12.1843Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
La Dauphinoise (6) 1823-1838
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownBayonne - Aquitaine 25.6.18231838Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
L'Artésienne (6) 1823-1836
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownBayonne - Aquitaine 25.6.18231836Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
La Mesange (6) 1823-1851
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownToulon - Provence 7.182317.7.1851Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
La Fauvette (6) 1824-1836
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownBayonne - Aquitaine 13.3.18241836Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
La Turquoise (6) 1824-1831
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownBayonne - Aquitaine 16.3.18241831Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
La Daphné (6) 1824-1833
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownLorient - Brittany 9.8.18241833Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
La Daphné (6) 1836-1843
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownLorient - Brittany 17.3.18361843Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
La Levrette (6) 1836-1846
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownLorient - Brittany 21.3.18361846Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
La Fine (6) 1836-1850
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownSaint-Servan - St Malo - Brittany 26.8.18366.3.1850Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
La Doris (6) 1836-1845
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownSaint-Servan - St Malo - Brittany 26.8.18361845Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
L'Estafette (6) 1842-1856
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownBrest - Brittany 23.7.184222.7.1856Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
La Gazelle (6) 1842-1855
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownBrest - Brittany 31.10.18423.10.1855Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
L'Hirondelle (6) 1843-1865
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownToulon - Provence 9.9.184326.10.1865Deleted from list25.18  2.65157
Le Topaze (6) 1844-1857
French 6 Gun
Unrated Schooner
UnknownToulon - Provence 29.6.184420.4.1857Deleted from list25.18  2.65157

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ref:1122ShipscribeStephen S. Roberts, Web Site
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