HMS Constance (1880)

	HMS Constance
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Constance
Builder	Chatham Dockyard; Engines by John Penn & Son;
Way number	No. 4 Slip
Laid down	14 September 1878
Launched	9 June 1880
Completed	3 October 1882
Fate	Sold on 15 December 1899
General characteristics
Class and type	Comus-class corvette
Displacement	2,380 long tons (2,420 t)
Length	225 ft (68.6 m)
Beam	44.6 ft (13.6 m)
Draught	16 ft 9 in (5.1 m) forward; 18 ft 10 in (5.7 m) aft;
Installed power	2,590 ihp (1,930 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 Horizontal compound steam engine
Sail plan	Barque-rigged
Speed	13.72 knots (25.41 km/h; 15.79 mph)
Complement	250
Armament	As built:; 2 × 7-inch muzzle-loading rifles; 4 × BL 6-inch 80-pounder guns; 8 × 64-pdr muzzle-loading rifles; 2 × light guns; 8 × QF Nordenfelt guns; 2 × torpedo carriages;

HMS Constance was a Comus-class steel corvette of the Royal Navy. She was launched from Chatham Dockyard on 9 June 1880.

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