HMS Inconstant (1914)

History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Inconstant
BuilderWilliam Beardmore and Company
Laid down3 April 1913
Launched6 July 1914
CommissionedJanuary 1915
IdentificationPennant number: 5A (1914); 73 (Jan 18); 77 (Apr 18); 56 (Nov 19)
FateSold for scrap, 9 June 1922
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeArethusa-class light cruiser
Displacement3,512 long tons (3,568 t)
Length
  • 410 ft (125.0 m) p/p
  • 436 ft (132.9 m) o/a
Beam39 ft (11.9 m)
Draught15 ft 7 in (4.75 m) (mean, deep load)
Installed power
Propulsion4 × shafts; 4 × steam turbines
Speed28.5 kn (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement270
Armament
Armour

HMS Inconstant was one of eight Arethusa-class light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She fought in the First World War, participating in the Battle of Jutland. Following the war, she was scrapped.