For other ships of the same name, see HMS Inconstant.
| HMS Inconstant (1914) | |
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| Career |  |
| Class and type: | Arethusa class light cruiser |
| Name: | HMS Inconstant |
| Builder: | William Beardmore and Company |
| Laid down: | 3 April 1913 |
| Launched: | 6 July 1914 |
| Commissioned: | January 1915 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping 9 June 1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,500 tons |
| Length: | 436 ft (133 m) Overall |
| Beam: | 39 ft (12 m) |
| Draught: | 13.5 ft (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Parsons turbines Eight Yarrow boilers 40,000 hp |
| Speed: | 28.5 knots (53 km/h) |
| Range: | carried 482 tons (810 tons maximum) of fuel oil |
| Complement: | 318 |
| Armament: |
3 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk XII guns |
| Armour: |
3 inch side (amidships) 2¼-1½ inch side (bows) 2½ - 2 inch side (stern) 1 inch upper decks (amidships) 1 inch deck over rudder 6 inch conning tower |
HMS Inconstant was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 6 July 1914 at William Beardmore and Company shipyard.
On being commissioned, she was assigned to the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, and on 31 May to 1 June 1916 Inconstant took part in the Battle of Jutland. She survived the battle and the First World War, and was sold for scrapping on 9 June 1922 to Cashmore, of Newport.
References[]
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Jane's Fighting Ships of World War One (1919), Jane's Publishing Company
- Ships of the Arethusa class
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