HMS Inconstant (H49)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Inconstant and TCG Muavenet.

Inconstant in 1941
History
United Kingdom
NameInconstant
BuilderVickers-Armstrongs
Laid down24 May 1939, as Muavenet
Launched24 February 1941
Commissioned24 January 1942
Decommissioned1946
IdentificationPennant number: H49
FateReturned to Turkey, 9 March 1946
Turkey
NameMuavenet
Acquired9 March 1946
FateScrapped, 1960
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeI-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,360
    standard
    )
  • 1,880 long tons (1,910 t) (
    deep load
    )
Length323 ft (98.5 m) (
o/a
)
Beam33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power
  • 3
    Admiralty 3-drum boilers
  • 34,000 
    kW
    )
Propulsion2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines
Speed35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph)
Range5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement145
Sensors and
processing systems
  • ASDIC
  • search radar
Armament
  • 4 × single
    4.7 in (120 mm) guns
  • 1 × single
    AA gun
  • 4 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns
  • 1 × quadruple
    torpedo tubes
  • 1 × rack and 2 throwers for 35 depth charges
Service record
Operations: Operation Ironclad (1942)
Victories: Sank U-409 and U-767

HMS Inconstant was an

Turkish Navy, but was purchased by the Royal Navy
in 1939.

Description

The I-class ships were improved versions of the preceding

kW) and were intended to give a maximum speed of 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph). The ships carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of 5,500 nautical miles (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). Their crew numbered 145 officers and ratings.[1]

The Turkish ships mounted four

search radar.[1]

Construction and career

Inconstant was laid down as TCG Muavenet for the Turkish Navy by

Mediterranean north-east of Algiers on 12 July 1943 and U-767 while in company with the destroyers Fame and Havelock in the English Channel south-west of Guernsey
on 18 June 1944. Inconstant was returned to Turkey on 9 March 1946 and renamed Muavenet. She was discarded in 1960.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Lenton, p. 163
  2. ^ Whitley, p. 111
  3. ^ English, p. 141
  4. ^ Hodges & Friedman, p. 16

Bibliography

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  • English, John (1993). Amazon to Ivanhoe: British Standard Destroyers of the 1930s. Kendal, England: World Ship Society.
    ISBN 0-905617-64-9
    .
  • ISBN 1-86176-137-6
    .
  • Hodges, Peter & Friedman, Norman (1979). Destroyer Weapons of World War 2. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press.
    ISBN 978-0-85177-137-3
    .
  • ISBN 1-55750-048-7
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  • ISBN 1-59114-119-2
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