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''Inconstant'' was first commissioned in August 1790 by Captain [[George Wilson (Royal Navy officer)|George Wilson]], but was paid off with the end of the [[Spanish Armament]] in September 1791. She then received a refit at [[Woolwich Dockyard]] between January and February 1793, and was recommissioned under Captain Augustus Montgomery to join Admiral [[Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe|Lord Howe's]] Channel Fleet. In April ''Inconstant'' was sent to the [[West Indies Station]], where she captured the French 14-gun ship ''Le Curieux'' on 3 June. The frigate was then sent home in July, joining the Mediterranean Fleet on 21 November.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=975}} As such she was present at the [[Siege of Toulon (1793)|siege of Toulon]].{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=975}}{{sfnp|Clowes|1899|p=203}} In the following year Captain [[Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet|George Cockburn]] assumed temporary command of ''Inconstant'', before being replaced by Captain [[Thomas Fremantle (Royal Navy officer)|Thomas Fremantle]] in January 1795.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=975}} In a prelude to the [[Battle of Genoa (1795)|battle of Genoa]] the frigate then skirmished with the French 80-gun ship of the line [[French ship Ça Ira (1781)|''Ça Ira'']] off [[Genoa]] on 10 March.{{sfnp|James|1837a|p=257}}{{sfnp|Clowes|1899|p=270}} She recaptured the 14-gun brig [[HMS Speedy (1782)|HMS ''Speedy'']] fifteen days later, before joining a squadron under the command of Captain [[Horatio Nelson]] in August.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=975}}

''Inconstant'' captured the French 24-gun corvette [[HMS Surprise (1796)|Unité]] at [[AnnabaBona, Algeria|BomaBona]] on 20 April 1796, and then assisted with the evacuation of Leghorn on 26 June.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|pp=975–976}}{{sfnp|James|1837a|p=310}} She was paid off in September of the following year, and was fitted as a 20-gun [[troopship]] at Woolwich between March and June 1798. Recommissioned in April by Commander Milham Ponsonby, ''Inconstant'' was paid off again in October 1799. She received another refit at Woolwich between October 1799 and March 1800, having also been re-armed with sixteen 9-pounders and four 6-pounders.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|pp=975–976}} Under Commander John Ayscough ''Inconstant'' initially served in the [[North Sea]], before moving to participate in [[Monarchism in France|French Royalist]] operations in [[Quiberon Bay]] in June 1800.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|pp=975–976}}{{sfnp|Clowes|1899|p=415}} The ship then supported the British [[French campaign in Egypt and Syria|Egypt campaign]] in 1801, before coming under the command of Captain [[Richard Byron (Royal Navy officer)|Richard Byron]] in October 1802. Byron was replaced by Captain [[Edward Stirling Dickson|Edward Dickson]] in December, under whom ''Inconstant'' recaptured [[Gorée]] on 7 March 1804.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|pp=975–976}}{{sfnp|Clowes|1900|p=84}}

''Inconstant'' was refitted as a frigate again at Portsmouth between December 1805 and February 1806, still under Dickson. Between 1806 and 1808 she served as the [[flagship]] to Vice-Admiral [[James Saumarez, 1st Baron de Saumarez|Sir James Saumarez]] in the [[Channel Islands]], before being refitted again at Portsmouth between September 1808 and October 1809. In this ''Inconstant''{{'}}s quarterdeck armament was changed to twelve 32-pounder carronades. She sailed to the [[Cape of Good Hope Station]] on 27 December and was paid off in 1810. Having been refitted again at Portsmouth between September and December of that year, ''Inconstant'' was recommissioned in October by Captain [[John Quilliam]] to serve in the North Sea. Captain [[Edward Owen (Royal Navy officer)|Edward Owen]] replaced Quilliam in December, commanding the ship until some time in 1812. Captain [[Edward Tucker (Royal Navy officer)|Sir Edward Tucker]] took command of ''Inconstant'' in March 1814 and sailed her to South America. Captain [[James Lucas Yeo|Sir James Yeo]] took command in August 1815, and the ship was broken up at Portsmouth in November 1817.{{sfnp|Winfield|2007|p=976}}