HMS Inconstant (left) fighting Ça Ira
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History | |
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Great Britain | |
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) |
Armament |
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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]