French ship Inflexible (1839)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Inflexible.

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

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 and type	Suffren class ship of the line
Displacement	4 070 tonnes
Length	60.50 m (198.5 ft)
Beam	16.28 m (53.4 ft)
Draught	7.40 m (24.3 ft)
Propulsion	3114 m² 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 of timber

Career

Commissioned in Rochefort in 1840, Inflexible was appointed to the Mediterranean squadron, where she served from 1841 under Captain Guérin des Essarts.

From 1860, she was used as a boys' school in Brest, and was eventually broken up in 1875.

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. Roche. p. 257. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• 90-guns ships-of-the-line