French ship Inflexible (1839)
The Inflexible was a 90-gun Suffren-class Ship of the line of the French Navy
 Inflexible as a boys' school | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 France | |
| Name: | Inflexible |
| Namesake: | Inflexible |
| Builder: | Rochefort[1] |
| Laid down: | 18 August 1824 [1] |
| Launched: | 21 November 1839 [1] |
| Commissioned: | 24 August 1840 [1] |
| Stricken: | 1875 [1] |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Suffren class ship of the line |
| Displacement: | 4 070 tonnes |
| Length: | 60.50 m (198.5 ft) |
| Beam: | 16.28 m (53.4 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.40 m (24.3 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 3114 m² of sails |
| Complement: | 810 to 846 men |
| Armament: |
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| Armour: | 6.97 cm of timber |
Career
Commissioned in Rochefort in 1840, Inflexible was appointed to the Mediterranean squadron, where she served from 1841 under Captain Guérin des Essarts.[1]
From 1860, she was used as a boys' school in Brest, and was eventually broken up in 1875.[1]
Notes, citations, and references
Notes
Citations
- Roche, vol.1, p.257
References
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 257. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
- 90-guns ships-of-the-line
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