HMS Inconstant was an I-class

I class destroyer

The I class was a class of eight destroyers plus a flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy ordered under the 1935 naval programme, laid down in 1936 and completed in 1937 and 1938...

 destroyer

Destroyer

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 laid down as TCG Muavenet for the Turkish Navy

Turkish Navy

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 by Vickers Armstrong

Vickers Armstrong

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 Naval Construction Works at Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness

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 on 24 May 1939, purchased in September 1939 by the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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, launched on 24 February 1941 and commissioned on 24 January 1942.

Inconstant participated in the assault on Madagascar

Madagascar

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 in May 1942, and attacked and sank the German

Germany

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 submarines U-409 in the Mediterranean north-east of Algiers

Algiers

' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...

 on 12 July 1943 and U-767 while in company with the destroyers and in the English Channel

English Channel

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 south-west of Guernsey

Guernsey

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 on 18 June 1944. Inconstant was returned to Turkey

Turkey

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on 9 March 1946 and renamed Muavenet. She was discarded in 1960.