French ship Inflexible (1839)

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Inflexible as a boys' school
History
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NameInflexible
NamesakeInflexible
BuilderRochefort [1]
Laid down18 August 1824 [1]
Launched21 November 1839 [1]
Commissioned24 August 1840 [1]
Stricken1875 [1]
FateBroken up 1875
General characteristics
Class and type Suffren class ship of the line
Displacement4 070 tonnes
Length60.50 m (198.5 ft)
Beam16.28 m (53.4 ft)
Draught7.40 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion3114 m² of sails
Complement810 to 846 men
Armament
Armour6.97 cm of timber

The Inflexible was a 90-gun Suffren-class Ship of the line of the French Navy

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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]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roche, vol.1, p.257

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