Inconstant in 1941
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History | |
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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 and 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 and processing systems | |
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.