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Inflexible class ship of the line

Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781).jpg
Class overview
Name: Inflexible
Operators:  Royal Navy
Preceded by: Worcester class
Succeeded by: Crown class
In service: 7 March 1780 – 1820
Completed: 4
Lost: 1
General characteristics
Type: Ship of the line
Length:
  • 159 ft (48 m) (gundeck)
  • 130 ft 7 12 in (39.8 m) (keel)
Beam: 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Armament:
  • 64 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
Notes: Ships in class include: Inflexible, Africa, Dictator, Sceptre

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 Albion-class.



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