HMS Iphigenia ( 1808 ) HMS " Iphigenia " was a Royal Navy 36 - gun " Perseverance " - class fifth - rate frigate . She was built at Chatham Dockyard by Master Shipwright Robert Seppings . The French captured her at the debacle of Grand Port and in their service she participated in the capture of several British vessels . The British recaptured her and she served in the West Africa squadron ( or " Preventative Service " ) , combating the slave trade . She was broken up in 1851 after serving for many years as a training ship . British service . Captain Henry Lambert commissioned " Iphigenia " and sailed her to the Indian Ocean to join the British squadron off Isle de France ( now Mauritius ) . The squadron consisted of " Iphigenia " , " Leopard " , " Magicienne " and " Néréide " . The squadron blockaded Isle de France from May , and started operations to attempt a take - over on 7 July . " Iphigenia " was present at the capture of " Réunion " the next day . On 10 August , the squadron , under Samuel Pym , landed parties to capture the Île de la Passe and take control of Port - Impérial , initiating the Battle of Grand Port . From 23 August , the British squadron faced off against a French squadron under Guy - Victor Duperré , comprising " Minerve " , " Bellone " and " Victor " . The French had moved the buoys marking the passage through the reef , causing " Magicienne " and " Sirius " to run aground and leading the British to scuttle them by fire . " Néréide " was captured . " Iphigenia " , which had been kept in reserve , attempted to flee , but French reinforcements under Hamelin - ( " Vénus " , " Manche " and " Créole " ) - intercepted her , forcing " Iphigenia " to strike her colours . French service . " Iphigenia " was taken into French service as " Iphigénie " , under Pierre Bouvet , who had assumed command of the French squadron at Grand Port after Duperré was wounded , and had been promoted to Acting Captain 2nd class . She formed a squadron with " Astrée " and " Entreprenant " . On 12 September 1810 , Bouvet ' s squadron intercepted HMS " Africaine " ( commodore Corbett ) off Saint - Denis , as the frigate , the sloop and the brig were sailing from the bay of Saint - Paul . Bouvet lured the British into pursuit until midnight . He sent " Astrée " forwards , as if " Iphigénie " would attempt to slow " Africaine " down to allow the rest of the squadron to flee . At three , " Astrée " regained her place at the rear of the squadron ; the weather , which had been rough , improved somewhat , and in the moonlight " Astrée " suddenly found herself within gun range of " Africaine " , with " Boadicea " , " Otter " and " Staunch " out of sight . A gunnery duel followed immediately , in which " Astrée " had her rigging damaged ; she closed in to " Iphigénie " , " Africaine " in close pursuit . " Africaine " soon found herself under fire from " Iphigénie " at point black range , her guns still trained at " Astrée " . After exchanging broadsides and small arms fire for half an hour , during which the French had the upper hand , the British attempted a boarding . " Iphigénie " easily eluded " Africaine " , and gave " Astrée " an opportunity for raking " Africaine ' s " bow . At 4 : 30 , " Africaine " struck her colours . All " Africaine ' s " officers had been killed or wounded in the action , save for Colonel Barry , and only 69 men were uninjured . Bouvet was given Corbett ' s dagger , which he kept thereafter . The French abandoned " Africaine " and " Boadicea " recaptured her the next day . On 3 December 1810 , the Isle de France fell to the British . The British took over the ships moored at the island , including " Iphigénie " , " Bellone " and " Astrée " . They recommissioned " Iphigénie " , returning her to service as " Iphigenia " . Captain Thomas Caulfield then sailed her home to Britain where she was paid off in April 1811 . Return to British service . After fitting out at Portsmouth from November to February 1812 , " Iphigenia " was recommissioned in January under Captain Lucius Curtis . On 25 March 1812 she sailed with a convoy for the East Indies . Later , under Captain Fleetwood Pellew , " Iphegenia " sailed for the Mediterranean on 6 December . In February 1813 , while still in the Mediterranean , she came under the command of Captain Andrew King . On 17 April 1814 , a British squadron consisting of " Furieuse " , , " Iphigenia " , and supported the successful assault on Genoa . Afterwards , King escorted a convoy of transports from Gibraltar to Bermuda . Post war . She underwent repairs at Chatham between June and September 1815 , and sailed for the East Indies again in October . King returned home from the East Indies in command of the Third Rate " Cornwallis " . In September 1816 Captain John Tancock took command of " Iphigenia " in Trincomalee . In December 1817 he sailed her back to Britain in company with " Melville " , whose fitting out in Bombay he had overseen . Between January and June 1818 she was at Portsmouth having defects made good . Captain Hyde Parker took command on 15 March and eventually sailed " Iphigenia " for Jamaica . She served also on the Quebec and Mediterranean stations before being paid off on 12 June 1821 . In 1821 " Iphegenia " was recommissioned under Captain Sir Robert Mends . She then served in the anti - slave patrol off Africa with Mends as Commodore of the West Africa squadron . On 22 March 1822 she transported Sir Charles McCarthy , Governor of Sierra Leone , to Cape Coast Castle to assume the governorship of the Gold Coast . On 15 April , her boats captured six slave ships on the Bonny River : " Vigilante " , " Petite Betsey " , " Ursule " , the Spanish " Yeanam " , " Becaa " and the French brigantine " Utile " . In June " Yeanam " foundered in a tornado , claiming the lives of two officers , 16 men and 400 slaves ; seven of the " Iphigenia " s crew managed to survive on the wreckage of the " Yeanam " . Fate . She was fitted at Woolwich between December 1832 and July 1833 . Between 1833 and 1848 , she was lent to the Marine Society as a training ship . She was broken up at Deptford in May 1851 .