HMS Inconstant (1783)

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.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Inconstant.

HMS Inconstant (left) fighting Ça Ira
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Inconstant
Ordered8 December 1781
BuilderWilliam Barnard, Deptford
Laid downDecember 1782
Launched28 October 1783
Honours and
awards		Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"
FateBroken up in November 1817
General characteristics
Class and type36-gun Perseverance-class fifth rate
Tons burthen890 (bm)
Length137 ft 9 in (41.99 m)
Beam38 ft 3 in (11.66 m)
Draught9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement260 (270 from 25 April 1780)
Armament
  • Upper gundeck: 26 ×  18-pounder guns
  • QD: 8 ×  9-pounder guns + 4 ×  18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 ×  9-pounder guns + 4 ×  18-pounder carronades
  • 14 x  ½pdr swivels
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