HMS Inflexible (1780)
 Plan showing the inboard profile for Inflexible (1780), and later for Africa, Dictator, and Sceptre, all 64-gun third rate, two-deckers. | |
| History | |
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| Name: | HMS Inflexible |
| Ordered: | 26 February 1777 |
| Builder: | Barnard, Harwich |
| Laid down: | April 1777 |
| Launched: | 7 March 1780 |
| Honours and awards: |
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| Fate: | Broken up, 1820 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type: | Inflexible-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1386 (bm) |
| Length: | 159 ft (48 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
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HMS Inflexible was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 7 March 1780 at Harwich.[2]
In 1783, she fought in the Battle of Cuddalore.
Because Inflexible served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 8 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants.[Note 1]
In 1807 she was present at the Battle of Copenhagen, joining on 7 August off Helsingor (Captain Joshua Rowley Watson).
Inflexible became a storeship in 1793, and was eventually broken up in 1820.[2]
Notes and citations
- Notes
^ A first-class share of the prize money awarded in April 1823 was worth £34 2s 4d; a fifth-class share, that of a seaman, was worth 3s 11½d. The amount was small as the total had to be shared between 79 vessels and the entire army contingent.[3]
- Citations
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^ abc Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p181.
^ "No. 17915". The London Gazette. 3 April 1823. p. 633.
References
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- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press.
ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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