Inflexible class ship of the line
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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 .
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
by Sir Thomas Slade
Thomas Slade
Sir Thomas Slade was an English naval architect, most famous for designing HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.-Career Outline:...
. The lines of this class were based heavily on Slade's earlier 74-gun .
Ships
- Builder: Barnard, HarwichHarwichHarwich is a town in Essex, England and one of the Haven ports, located on the coast with the North Sea to the east. It is in the Tendring district. Nearby places include Felixstowe to the northeast, Ipswich to the northwest, Colchester to the southwest and Clacton-on-Sea to the south...
- Ordered: 26 February 1777
- Launched: 7 March 1780
- Fate: Broken up, 1820
- Builder: Barnard, DeptfordDeptfordDeptford is a district of south London, England, located on the south bank of the River Thames. It is named after a ford of the River Ravensbourne, and from the mid 16th century to the late 19th was home to Deptford Dockyard, the first of the Royal Navy Dockyards.Deptford and the docks are...
- Ordered: 11 February 1778
- Launched: 11 April 1781
- Fate: Broken up, 1814
- Builder: Batson, LimehouseLimehouseLimehouse is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is on the northern bank of the River Thames opposite Rotherhithe and between Ratcliff to the west and Millwall to the east....
- Ordered: 21 October 1778
- Launched: 6 January 1783
- Fate: Broken up, 1817
- Builder: Randall, RotherhitheRotherhitheRotherhithe is a residential district in inner southeast London, England and part of the London Borough of Southwark. It is located on a peninsula on the south bank of the Thames, facing Wapping and the Isle of Dogs on the north bank, and is a part of the Docklands area...
- Ordered: 16 January 1779
- Launched: 8 June 1781
- Fate: Wrecked, 1799