INCONSTANT HMS 1915

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INCONSTANT HMS 1915

Post by aukepalmhof » Sat Feb 13, 2016 2:23 am

Built as a light cruiser under yard No 514 by William Beardmore & Co., Dalmuir for the Royal Navy.
03 April 1913 keel laid down.
06 July 1914 launched as the HMS INCONSTANT one of the Arethusa class.
Displacement 3,568 ton, dim. 132.9 x 11.9 x 4.75m. (draught), length bpp. 125.0m.
Powered by four Parsons steam turbines, 40,000 shp, four shafts, speed 28.5 knots.
Armament: 2 – 6 inch, 6 – 4 inch QF, 1 – 3pdr. AA gun, 4 – 21 inch torpedo tubes.
Crew 270.
January 1915 commissioned.

HMS INCONSTANT was one of eight Arethusa-class light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. She fought in the First World War, participating in the Battle of Jutland. Following the war, she was scrapped.
Design and description
The Arethusa-class cruisers were intended to lead destroyer flotillas and defend the fleet against attacks by enemy destroyers. The ships were 436 feet (132.9 m) long overall, with a beam of 39 feet (11.9 m) and a deep draught of 15 feet 7 inches (4.75 m). Displacement was 3,512 long tons (3,568 t). INCONSTANT was powered by four Parsons steam turbines, each driving one propeller shaft, which produced a total of 40,000 indicated horsepower (30,000 kW). The turbines used steam generated by eight Yarrow boilers which gave her a speed of about 28.5 knots (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph). She carried 840 long tons (853 t) tons of fuel oil that gave a range of 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph).
The main armament of the Arethusa-class ships was two BL 6-inch (152 mm) Mk XII guns that were mounted on the centreline fore and aft of the superstructure and six QF 4-inch Mk V guns in waist mountings. They were also fitted with a single QF 3-pounder (47 mm (1.9 in)) anti-aircraft gun and four 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes in two twin mounts.
Construction and service
The ship was launched on 6 July 1914 at William Beardmore and Company shipyard. On being commissioned, she was assigned to the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet at Rosyth. Took part in the search for the SMS METEOR. On 31 May to 1 June 1916 INCONSTANT took part in the Battle of Jutland. She survived the battle. September 1917 fitted out as a minelayer and laid 370 mines in 5 voyages. Early 1919 send to the Baltic as a SNO (what is that?) ship and returning to the U.K. April 1919. The she joined the Light Cruiser Squadron in Harwich.
October 1919 paid off and then attached to the 1st Submarine Flotilla until February 1922, including short spells as Atlantic Fleet Flagship.
16 February 1922 paid off at Chatham, and was sold for scrapping on 9 June 1922 to Cashmore, of Newport.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Inconstant_(1914) Conway’s All the World’s Fighting ships 1906-1921.
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