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INCONSTANT 5th rate sailing frigate (1836)


Ships


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


Technical data


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.