Allied Warships

HMS Inconstant (H 49)

Destroyer of the I class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassI 
PennantH 49 
Built byVickers Armstrong (Barrow-in-Furness, U.K.) 
Ordered14 Nov 1935 
Laid down24 May 1939 
Launched24 Feb 1941 
Commissioned24 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 nameMuavenet

Commands listed for HMS Inconstant (H 49)

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1Lt.Cdr. William Stratford Clouston, RN3 Feb 1942

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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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