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HMS Inflexible (1780)

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Name
  
HMS Inflexible

Builder
  
Barnard, Harwich

Fate
  
Broken up, 1820

Launched
  
7 March 1780

Ordered
  
26 February 1777

Laid down
  
April 1777

Construction started
  
April 1777

Honours and awards
  
Participated in Battle of Cuddalore Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"

HMS Inflexible was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 7 March 1780 at Harwich.

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 claimants.

In 1807 she was present at the Battle of Copenhagen, joining on 7 August off Helsingor (Captain Joshua Rowley Watson).

Inflexible became a storeship in 1793, and was eventually broken up in 1820.

References

HMS Inflexible (1780) Wikipedia