HMS Inconstant

HMS Inconstant was an unarmored, iron-hulled, screw frigate built for the Royal Navy in the late 1860s. Upon completion in 1869, she was the fastest warship in the world and was assigned to the Channel Squadron. Two years later the ship was transferred to the Detached Squadron for a brief time before she was paid off into reserve in 1872. Inconstant was recommissioned in 1880 for service with the Flying Squadron that circumnavigated the world in 1880–82. On the return voyage, the ship was diverted to Egypt during the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 and played a minor role supporting operations ashore. She was reduced to reserve again after her return and was served as an accommodation ship in 1897. Inconstant was hulked in 1904 and became a training ship in 1906. She continued in that role, under a variety of names, until she was sold for scrap in 1955 and subsequently broken up, the second-to-last surviving Pembroke-built warship in existence.

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screw frigate, Royal Navy, Pembroke Dockyard, 

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1868 HMS Inconstant

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ship commissioning

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ship launching

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keel laying

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HMS Inconstant, Carysfort and Tourmaline arriving at Melbourne, May 1881

HMS Inconstant, Carysfort and Tourmaline arriving at Melbourne, May 1881

Henrietta Maria Munroe (1831-1912) - Commander Alfred Pigott (1847–1885) - BHC2953 - Royal Museums Greenwich

Our British Navy - Past and Present (BM 1977,U.606)

Commander Alfred Pigott (1847-1885) RMG RP6209

Scenes aboard HMS Inconstant in June 1881

HMS Tourmaline, Inconstant, Bacchante, Carysfort and Cleopatra at sea, June 1881.

Scenes aboard HMS Inconstant in June 1881

HMS Tourmaline, Inconstant, Bacchante, Carysfort and Cleopatra at sea, June 1881.

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
link	page		Dreadnought Project page@		Wikidata
link	page		The Victorian Royal Navy page@		Wikidata
commons	image		HMS Inconstant, Carysfort and Tourmaline arriving at Melbourne, May 1881		Commons
commons	image		HMS Inconstant, Carysfort and Tourmaline arriving at Melbourne, May 1881		Commons
commons	image		Henrietta Maria Munroe (1831-1912) - Commander Alfred Pigott (1847–1885) - BHC2953 - Royal Museums Greenwich		Commons
commons	image		Our British Navy - Past and Present (BM 1977,U.606)		Commons
commons	image		Commander Alfred Pigott (1847-1885) RMG RP6209		Commons
commons	image		Scenes aboard HMS Inconstant in June 1881		Commons
commons	image		HMS Tourmaline, Inconstant, Bacchante, Carysfort and Cleopatra at sea, June 1881.		Commons
commons	image		Scenes aboard HMS Inconstant in June 1881		Commons
commons	image		HMS Tourmaline, Inconstant, Bacchante, Carysfort and Cleopatra at sea, June 1881.		Commons