HMS Constance
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Six ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Constance, whilst another was planned:
was a 22-gun sixth rate captured from the French in 1797, but recaptured by them in 1806.
Royal Navy
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have borne the name HMS Constance, whilst another was planned:
was a 22-gun sixth rate captured from the French in 1797, but recaptured by them in 1806.
- HMS Constance was to have been a 36-gun fifth rate. She was ordered in 1833 but cancelled in 1844. was a 3-gun schoonerSchoonerA schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
launched in 1838 and sold in 1877. was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1846. She was converted to steam propulsion in 1862 and was sold in 1875. was a screw corvetteCorvetteA corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...
launched in 1880 and sold in 1899. was a C classC class cruiserThe C class was a group of twenty-eight light cruisers of the Royal Navy, and were built in a sequence of seven classes known as the Caroline , Calliope , Cambrian , Centaur , Caledon , Ceres and Carlisle classes...
light cruiserLight cruiserA 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...
launched in 1915 and sold in 1936. was a C classC class destroyer (1943)The C class was a class of 32 destroyers of the Royal Navy that were launched from 1943 to 1945. The class was built in four flotillas of 8 vessels, the Ca, Ch, Co and Cr classes, ordered as the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Emergency Flotillas respectively...
destroyerDestroyerIn naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
launched in 1944 and broken up in 1956.