HMS Inflexible explained

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Inflexible.

• was a 280-ton sloop-of-war launched in 1776. HMS Inflexible was disassembled at Quebec City and transported upriver in pieces and reassembled and commissioned 1776 at Saint-Jean on the upper Richelieu River upon a request of General Carleton. She carried eighteen 12-pounders. She fought at the battle of Battle of Valcour Island in 1776 under the command of John Schank. Her fate is unknown.
• was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1780. She was used as a storeship from 1793, a troopship from 1809 and was broken up in 1820.
• was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1845 and sold in 1864.
• was an ironclad battleship launched in 1876 and sold in 1903.
• was an launched in 1907 and sold for scrapping in 1921.

Battle honours

Ships named Inflexible have earned the following battle honours:

• Lake Champlain, 1776
• Egypt, 1801
• New Zealand, 1845−47
• Crimea, 1854−55
• China, 1856−60
• Alexandria, 1882
• Falkland Islands, 1914
• Dardanelles, 1915
• Jutland, 1916

See also

• French ship Inflexible