French ship Inflexible (1839)

	Inflexible as a boys' school
History
France
Name	Inflexible
Namesake	Inflexible
Builder	Rochefort
Laid down	18 August 1824
Launched	21 November 1839
Commissioned	24 August 1840
Stricken	1875
Fate	Broken up 1875
General characteristics
Class & type	Suffren-class ship of the line
Displacement	4,070 tonnes
Length	60.50 m (198 ft 6 in)
Beam	16.28 m (53 ft 5 in)
Draught	7.40 m (24 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	3,114 m2 (33,520 sq ft) of sails
Complement	810 to 846 men
Armament	1824–1839:; 30 × 30-pounder long guns on lower deck; 32 × 30-pounder short guns on middle deck; 24 × 30-pounder carronades and 4 × 18-pounders on upper decks; 1839–1840; 26 × 30-pounder long guns and 4 × 22cm Paixhans guns on lower deck; 32 × 30-pounder short guns on middle deck; 24 × 30-pounder carronades and 4 × 16 cm Paixhans guns on upper decks;
Armour	6.97 cm (2.74 in) of timber

Inflexible was a 90-gun Suffren-class ship of the line of the French Navy

NameInflexible

NamesakeInflexible

BuilderRochefort^[1]

Laid down18 August 1824 ^[1]

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Inflexible as a boys' school




France
Name	Inflexible
Namesake	Inflexible
Builder	Rochefort^[1]
Laid down	18 August 1824 ^[1]
Launched	21 November 1839 ^[1]
Commissioned	24 August 1840 ^[1]
Stricken	1875 ^[1]
Fate	Broken up 1875


General characteristics
Class & type	Suffren-class ship of the line
Displacement	4,070 tonnes
Length	60.50 m (198 ft 6 in)
Beam	16.28 m (53 ft 5 in)
Draught	7.40 m (24 ft 3 in)
Propulsion	3,114 m² (33,520 sq ft) of sails
Complement	810 to 846 men
Armament	1824–1839: 30 × 30-pounder long guns on lower deck 32 × 30-pounder short guns on middle deck 24 × 30-pounder carronades and 4 × 18-pounders on upper decks 1839–1840 26 × 30-pounder long guns and 4 × 22cm Paixhans guns on lower deck 32 × 30-pounder short guns on middle deck 24 × 30-pounder carronades and 4 × 16 cm Paixhans guns on upper decks
Armour	6.97 cm (2.74 in) of timber