HMS Inconstant (1914)
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HMS Inconstant was one of eight Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". 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.
Design and description
The Arethusa-class cruisers were intended to lead destroyer flotillas and defend the fleet against attacks by enemy destroyers. The ships were Script error: No such module "convert". long overall, with a beam of Script error: No such module "convert". and a deep draught of Script error: No such module "convert".. Displacement was Script error: No such module "convert". at normal[1] and Script error: No such module "convert". at full load. Inconstant was powered by four Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, which produced a total of Script error: No such module "convert".. The turbines used steam generated by eight Yarrow boilers which gave her a speed of about Script error: No such module "convert"..[2] She carried Script error: No such module "convert". tons of fuel oil[1] that gave a range of Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "convert"..[3]
The main armament of the Arethusa-class ships was two BL 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XII guns that were mounted on the centreline fore and aft of the superstructure and six QF 4-inch Mk V guns in waist mountings. They were also fitted with a single QF 3-pounder Script error: No such module "convert". anti-aircraft gun and four Script error: No such module "convert". torpedo tubes in two twin mounts.[2]
Construction and service
The ship was launched on 6 July 1914 at William Beardmore and Company shipyard. On being commissioned, she was assigned to the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet. On 31 May to 1 June 1916 Inconstant took part in the Battle of Jutland. She survived the battle and the First World War, and was sold for scrapping on 9 June 1922 to Cashmore, of Newport.[4]
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External links
- Ships of the Arethusa class
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". OldWeather.org transcription of ship's logbooks December 1914 to February 1915
- Battle of Jutland Crew Lists Project - HMS Inconstant Crew List
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