HMS Inconstant (1868)
(For other ships with the same name, see 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 becam
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HMS Inconstant (1868)
(For other ships with the same name, see 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 becam
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1869-08-14
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1866-11-27
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1.027176e+2
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1868-11-12
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* broken up inBelgium, 4 April 1956
*Sold forscrap, September 1955
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*10 × RML rifled muzzle-loading guns
*6 × RML guns
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United Kingdom
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*1 shaft; 1 × trunk steam engine
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*Hulked, 1897
*Training ship, June 1906
Ship renamed
*Impregnable II, June 1906
*Defiance IV, January 1922
*Defiance II, December 1930
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