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HMS Inflexible (1780) was a 64-gun third-rate Inflexible-class ship of the line launched in 1780. She was used as a storeship from 1793, a troopship from 1809 and was broken up in 1820. HMS Inflexible (1845) was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1845 and sold in 1864. HMS Inflexible (1876) was an ironclad battleship launched in 1876 and sold in ...
Aagot (1882) USS Albatross (1882) SS Alesia; NMS Alexandru cel Bun; Brazilian cruiser Almirante Barroso (1882) Italian corvette Amerigo Vespucci; HMS Arethusa (1882) French cruiser Aréthuse; RMS Aurania (1882)
The arrangement also led to the first fatal electrocution on a Royal Navy ship, in 1882, after which the Navy adopted an 80 volt standard for its ships. [4] Sectional drawing of HMS Inflexible. The ship was equipped with many other novelties, including water tanks to dampen the roll, which turned out to be useless.
Barrow Ship Building Co. Ltd. Barrow-in-Furness: Duke of Westminster: Steamship: For Eastern Steam Ship Co. Ltd., [54] or Ducal Line. [32] [55] 20 April United Kingdom: Messrs. William Denny & Bros. Dumbarton: Omapere: Steamship: For Union Steamship Company of New Zealand. [36] 20 April Dominion of Canada: Alexander Watson Victoria: R. P ...
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This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.
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HMS Inflexible was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 7 March 1780 at Harwich. [2]In 1783, she fought in the Battle of Cuddalore.. Because Inflexible served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 8 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving ...