Inconstant joined the First Light Cruiser Squadron on commissioning and spent most of the war with the Grand Fleet. She took part in Jutland as part of that scouting force. Her cruising turbines gave her the class's longer endurance, about 5,000 nautical miles at 16 knots, rather than the shorter range of sisters fitted only for high speed. This brief career note connects an otherwise less eventful ship with both the fleet screen and the machinery variation described earlier.
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Inconstant pairs Grand Fleet service with long-range machinery
Inconstant spent most of the war with the Grand Fleet, fought at Jutland, and carried the cruising turbines that gave half the class its longer endurance.