HMS Inflexible (1845)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Inflexible.

History
RN EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Inflexible
Ordered18 March 1841
BuilderRoyal Dockyard, Pembroke
Cost£50,114
Laid downJanuary 1844
Launched22 May 1845
Completed9 August 1846
Commissioned10 June 1846
Honours and
awards
  • New Zealand 1847
  • Crimea/Black Sea 1855
  • China 1856-1860
FateSold for breaking July 1864
General characteristics
Type
Tons burthen1122+11⁄94 bm
Length
  • 190 ft 0 in (57.9 m) gundeck
  • 165 ft 10 in (50.5 m) keel for tonnage
Beam
  • 36 ft 0 in (11.0 m) maximum
  • 35 ft 8 in (10.9 m) for tonnage
Draught
  • 7 ft 8 in (2.3 m) forward
  • 8 ft 1 in (2.5 m) aft
Depth of hold21 ft 0 in (6.4 m)
Installed power378 NHP
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder VSE direct acting steam engine
  • Paddles
Armament
  • 2 × 42-pdr (84 cwt) MLSB guns on pivot mounts
  • 2 × 68-pdr (64 cwt) MLSB guns on broadside trucks
  • 2 × 42-pdr (22 cwt) carronades
  • 1862 Armament change
  • 1 × 68-pdr 95 cwt or 110=pdr 82 cwt on pivot mount
  • 4 × 8-inch 52 cwt shell guns on broadside trucks

HMS Inflexible was a Bulldog-class sloop designed by Sir William Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy. Originally she was ordered as a Driver-class sloop, however, under Admiralty Order of 26 December 1843 she was directed to be built to a new specification.[1] After commissioning she sailed for the East Indies and participated in the last year of the New Zealand War of 1845 to 1847. She then was in the Black Sea for the Crimean War followed by the Second Opium War with China. She was sold for breaking in July 1864.

Inflexible was the third vessel to carry this name since it was used for an 18-gun sloop, launched by St John's at Lake Champlain on 1 October 1776 and whose fate is unknown.[2]

  1. ^ Winfield
  2. ^ Colledge, Inflexible