Inflexible class ship of the line

Inflexible class ship of the line

The "Inflexible"-class ships of the line were a class of four 64-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade. The lines of this class were based heavily on Slade's earlier 74-gun sclass|Albion|ship of the line|0.

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*HMS|Inflexible|1780|6:Builder: Barnard, Harwich:Ordered: 26 February 1777:Launched: 7 March 1780:Fate: Broken up, 1820

*HMS|Africa|1781|6:Builder: Barnard, Deptford:Ordered: 11 February 1778:Launched: 11 April 1781:Fate: Broken up, 1814

*HMS|Dictator|1783|6:Builder: Batson, Limehouse:Ordered: 21 October 1778:Launched: 6 January 1783:Fate: Broken up, 1817

*HMS|Sceptre|1781|6:Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe:Ordered: 16 January 1779:Launched: 8 June 1781:Fate: Wrecked, 1799

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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