Inflexible-class ship of the line explained

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 .

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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