Inflexible-class ship of the line

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Inflexible (1780); Africa (1781); Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781).jpg
Class overview
NameInflexible
OperatorsNaval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  Royal Navy
Preceded by Worcesterclass
Succeeded by Crownclass
In service7 March 1780 – 1820
Completed4
Lost1
General characteristics
Type Ship of the line
Length
  • 159 ft (48 m) (gundeck)
  • 130 ft 7+12 in (39.8 m) (keel)
Beam44 ft 4 in (13.51 m)
PropulsionSails
Armament
  • 64 guns:
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs
NotesShips 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.

Danish gunboats attack the British ship of line HMS Africa in Drogden HMS Africa 1808 Falsterbo.jpg
Danish gunboats attack the British ship of line HMS Africa in Drogden

Ships

Builder: Barnard, Harwich
Ordered: 26 February 1777
Launched: 7 March 1780
Fate: Broken up, 1820
Builder: Barnard, Deptford
Ordered: 11 February 1778
Launched: 11 April 1781
Fate: Broken up, 1814
Builder: Batson, Limehouse
Ordered: 21 October 1778
Launched: 6 January 1783
Fate: Broken up, 1817
Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe
Ordered: 16 January 1779
Launched: 8 June 1781
Fate: Wrecked, 1799

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