HMS Inconstant (H49)
Inconstant in 1941 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Inconstant |
| Builder | Vickers-Armstrongs |
| Laid down | 24 May 1939, as Muavenet |
| Launched | 24 February 1941 |
| Commissioned | 24 January 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 1946 |
| Identification | Pennant number: H49 |
| Fate | Returned to Turkey, 9 March 1946 |
| Turkey | |
| Name | Muavenet |
| Acquired | 9 March 1946 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1960 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class & type | I-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 323 ft (98.5 m) (o/a) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 shafts, 2 geared steam turbines |
| Speed | 35.5 knots (65.7 km/h; 40.9 mph) |
| Range | 5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 145 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Armament |
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| Service record | |
| Operations: | Operation Ironclad (1942) |
| Victories: | Sank U-409 and U-767 |
HMS Inconstant was an I-class destroyer built for the Turkish Navy, but was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1939.