Amazon-class frigate (1773) The Amazon-class frigates of 1773, made up of 32-gun fifth rates with a main battery of 12-pounder guns. It comprised eighteen ships; , and were launched in 1773; the second batch - Cleopatra, Amphion, Orpheus, , , Iphigenia, Andromache, Syren, Iris, Greyhound, Meleager, , Solebay, Terpsichore and Blonde - were launched in 1779 to 1787 Category:Fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy Category:1773 ships