| 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) |
