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ROYAL NAVY - UNITED KINGDOM

CRUISERS

INCONSTANT 5th rate sailing frigate (1836)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Inconstant     Portsmouth DYd 8.1834 16.6.1836 14.10.1836 hospital hulk 9.1854

 

Displacement normal, t

1421bm

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

48.8 gundeck

Breadth, m

13.8

Draught, m

4.14 hold depth

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 55cwt SBML, 14 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML

Complement

275

Project history: 36-gun 5th rate 32pdr frigates. Captain John Hayes design of 1833.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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