HMS Inconstant (1914)

History
United Kingdom
Name	Inconstant
Builder	William Beardmore and Company
Laid down	3 April 1913
Launched	6 July 1914
Commissioned	January 1915
Identification	Pennant number: 5A (1914); 73 (Jan 18); 77 (Apr 18); 56 (Nov 19)
Fate	Sold for scrap, 9 June 1922
General characteristics (as built)
Class & type	Arethusa-class light cruiser
Displacement	3,512 long tons (3,568 t)
Length	436 ft (132.9 m) (o/a)
Beam	39 ft (11.9 m)
Draught	15 ft 7 in (4.75 m) (mean, deep load)
Installed power	8 × Yarrow boilers; 40,000 shp (30,000 kW);
Propulsion	4 × shafts; 4 × steam turbines
Speed	28.5 kn (52.8 km/h; 32.8 mph)
Complement	270
Armament	2 × single 6 in (152 mm) guns; 6 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns; 1 × single 3-pdr (47 mm (1.9 in)) AA gun; 2 × twin 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Armour	Waterline belt: 1–3 in (25–76 mm); Deck: 1 in (25 mm);

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.