HMS Inconstant (H49)

	Inconstant in 1941
History
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	1,360 long tons (1,380 t) (standard); 1,880 long tons (1,910 t) (deep load);
Length	323 ft (98.5 m) (o/a)
Beam	33 ft (10.1 m)
Draught	12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
Installed power	3 Admiralty 3-drum boilers; 34,000 shp (25,000 kW);
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	ASDIC ; Type 286 search radar;
Armament	4 × single 4.7 in (120 mm) guns; 1 × single 12 pdr (3 in (76 mm)) AA gun; 4 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns; 1 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 1 × rack and 2 throwers for 35 depth charges;
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.

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