Inflexible as a boys' school | |
History | |
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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 | Broken up 1875 |
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 |
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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]
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