Six ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...
have been named HMS ''Inconstant'', whilst another was planned:
* was a 36-gun
fifth rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the second-smallest class of warships in a hierarchical system of six " ratings" based on size and firepower.
Rating
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, previously the French ship . She was captured in 1778 and renamed HMS ''Convert'' in 1783. She was broken up in 1791.
* was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1783 and broken up in 1817.
*HMS ''Inconstant'' was to have been a 46-gun fifth rate. She was ordered in 1825, but was cancelled in 1832.
* was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1836 and sold in 1862.
* was an iron-hulled screw frigate launched in 1868. She was used for harbour service from 1898, was renamed HMS ''Impregnable II'' in 1906, merged with in 1920, renamed HMS ''Defiance IV'' in 1922, HMS ''Defiance II'' in 1930 and was finally sold in 1956.
* was an
light cruiser
A light cruiser is a type of small or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck. Prior to thi ...
launched in 1914 and sold in 1922.
* was a
destroyer ordered by Turkey in 1939 but requisitioned while building for the Royal Navy; she was nominally classed with the destroyers, launched in 1941 and returned to Turkey in 1946. The Turks sold her in 1960.
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Royal Navy ship names