| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | I |
| Pennant | H 49 |
| Built by | Vickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 14 Nov 1935 |
| Laid down | 24 May 1939 |
| Launched | 24 Feb 1941 |
| Commissioned | 24 Jan 1942 |
| End service | |
| Loss position | |
| History | Aquired 14th November 1941 as the Turkish Muavenet (one of 4 Turkish-ordered ships of this class being completed in England). Returned to Turkey in late 1945. |
| Former name | Muavenet |
Commands listed for HMS Inconstant (H 49)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. William Stratford Clouston, RN | 3 Feb 1942 | 1 May 1943 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. John Henry Eaden, DSC, RN | 1 May 1943 | 5 Sep 1943 |
| 3 | Cdr. Robert Henry Mills, RN | 5 Sep 1943 | 8 Nov 1943 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. John Henry Eaden, DSC, RN | 8 Nov 1943 | 13 Jul 1944 |
| 5 | Lt. Henry Denys Verschoyle, DSC, RN | 13 Jul 1944 | 10 Aug 1945 |
| 6 | Lt. Michael Hayward-Butt, RN | 10 Aug 1945 | Late 1945 |
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Noteable events involving Inconstant include:
12 Dec 1942
The British merchant Empire Gull is torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-177 in the Mozambique Channel west of Maputo, Portuguese East Africa in position 26º15'S, 34º40'E. Later the British destroyer HMS Inconstant (Lt.Cdr. W.S. Clouston, RN) and the British corvette HMS Freesia (Lt. R.A. Cherry, RNR) together pick up 44 survivors.
12 Jul 1943
The German submarine U-409 was sunk in the Mediterranean north-east of Algiers, in position 37º12'N, 04º00'E, by depth charges from the British destroyer HMS Inconstant (Lt.Cdr J.H. Eaden, DSC, RN). (see map)
26 Jan 1944
HMS Inconstant (Lt.Cdr J.H. Eaden, DSC and Bar, RN) picks up 68 survivors from the American merchant Andrew G. Curtin that was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-716 in the Norwegian Sea in position 73º22'N, 24º15'E.
18 Jun 1944
The German submarine U-767 was sunk in the English Channel south-west of Guernsey, in position 49º03'N, 03º13'W, by depth charges from the British destroyers HMS Fame, HMS Inconstant and HMS Havelock. (see map)
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