The Inflexible-class ships of the line were a class of four 64-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade. The lines of this class were based heavily on Slade's earlier 74-gun Albion-class.
== Ships == HMS Inflexible Builder: Barnard, Harwich Ordered: 26 February 1777 Launched: 7 March 1780 Fate: Broken up, 1820 HMS Africa Builder: Barnard, Deptford Ordered: 11 February 1778 Launched: 11 April 1781 Fate: Broken up, 1814 HMS Dictator Builder: Batson, Limehouse Ordered: 21 October 1778 Launched: 6 January 1783 Fate: Broken up, 1817 HMS Sceptre Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe Ordered: 16 January 1779 Launched: 8 June 1781 Fate: Wrecked, 1799
Citations
== References == Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8. Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.