HMS Inflexible (1845)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Inflexible
Ordered	18 March 1841
Builder	Royal Dockyard, Pembroke
Cost	£50,114
Laid down	January 1844
Launched	22 May 1845
Completed	9 August 1846
Commissioned	10 June 1846
Honours and awards	New Zealand 1847 Crimea/Black Sea 1855 China 1856-1860
Fate	Sold for breaking July 1864
General characteristics
Type	Steam Vessels (SV2) First Class Sloop
Tons burthen	1122+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 hold	21 ft 0 in (6.4 m)
Installed power	378 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 Russian 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]