For other ships of the same name, see HMS Inflexible.
HMS Inflexible (1780) | |
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Career (UK) | ![]() |
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 & 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
- Citations
- ↑ "No. 21077". 15 March 1850. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/21077/page/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p181.
- ↑ "No. 17915". 3 April 1823. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/17915/page/
References[]
- 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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