HMS Iris (1777) (1st)
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This the first ship to carry the name HMS Iris was a 6th rate
28-gun, ship. Originally American, the USS Hancock, captured by HMS Rainbow and renamed. Captured by the French 11-Sep-1781 in Chesapeake River. Destroyed 18-Dec-1793 by the Royal Navy at Toulon. Won the Battle Honour: Chesapeake 1781.
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