&sq=&lang=&file=File:Capture_of_Ca_Ira-Nicolas_Pocock.jpg) HMS Inconstant (left) fighting Ça Ira
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Inconstant |
| Ordered | 8 December 1781 |
| Builder | William Barnard, Deptford |
| Laid down | December 1782 |
| Launched | 28 October 1783 |
| Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1] |
| Fate | Broken up in November 1817 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 36-gun Perseverance-class fifth rate |
| Tons burthen | 890 (bm) |
| Length | 137 ft 9 in (41.99 m) |
| Beam | 38 ft 3 in (11.66 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 260 (270 from 25 April 1780) |
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HMS Inconstant was a 36-gun Perseverance-class fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had a successful career serving in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, capturing three French warships during the French Revolutionary naval campaigns, Curieux, Unité, and the former British ship HMS Speedy.[2]
- ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
- ^ Winfield. British Warships. pp. Chap. 5, p. 200.