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| Name | Iris |
| Builder | Toulon shipyard |
| Laid down | May 1781 |
| Launched | 29 October 1781 |
| Captured | August 1793 |
| Fate | Destroyed December 1793 |
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| Class and type | Magicienne-class frigate |
| Displacement | 1,100 tons (French) |
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| Beam | 11.21 m (36.8 ft) |
| Draught | 5.2 m (17 ft) (laden) |
| Depth of hold | 5.79 m (19.0 ft) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 265–285 |
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The French frigate Iris was a Magicienne-class frigate, one of seven, launched at Toulon in 1781 for the French Navy. : Between 1781 and 1784, there were two French frigates Iris, this newly launched frigate, and the former USS Hancock, which the British had captured in 1781 in the American theatre and renamed Iris, and which the French had captured in 1781 and sold in 1784. The British captured the new Iris at Toulon on 28 August 1793, and burned her on their evacuation of the city in December.