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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.
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 ...
He went on to be commanding officer of the cruiser HMS Iris in the Mediterranean Fleet in April 1880 and commanding officer of the battleship HMS Inflexible in the Mediterranean Fleet in November 1882. [4] He briefly commanded the converted liner SS Oregon when Russian forces seized Afghan territory in March 1885 during the Panjdeh Incident. [4]
Fisher was considered sufficiently able, with recommendations following all of his postings, to be appointed captain of the newly completed battleship HMS Inflexible. Inflexible had the largest guns and thickest armour of any ship in the navy, but still carried masts and sails and had slow, muzzle-loading guns. She had been seven years under ...
Pages in category "1882 ships" The following 78 pages are in this category, out of 78 total. ... HMS Arethusa (1882) French cruiser Aréthuse; RMS Aurania (1882) B.
Inflexible (1876) central citadel turret-ship — Sold for BU 1903; Ajax-class central citadel turret-ships Agamemnon (1879) - BU 1903; Ajax (1880) - Sold for BU 1904; Colossus-class turret-ships Colossus (1882) - Sold for BU 1908; Edinburgh (1882) - BU 1910; Admiral-class mastless turret ships Collingwood (1882) Rodney (1884) Howe (1885 ...
Pages in category "Inflexible-class ships of the line" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. ... HMS Inflexible (1780) S. HMS Sceptre (1781)
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.