HMS Ariadne (1898)
![]() HMS Ariadne
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Name | HMS Ariadne |
Builder | J&G Thompson, Clydebank |
Launched | 22 April 1898 |
Reclassified | Minelayer, March 1917 |
Fate | Sunk by UC-65, 26 July 1917 |
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Class and type | Template:Sclass- protected cruiser |
Displacement | 11,000 long tons (11,000 t) |
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Beam | 69 ft (21 m) |
Draught | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
Installed power | 16,500–18,000 ihp (12,300–13,400 kW) |
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Speed | 20–20.5 knots (37.0–38.0 km/h; 23.0–23.6 mph) |
Complement | 760 |
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HMS Ariadne was a Template:Sclass- protected cruiser of the Royal Navy, which was launched in 1898, In March 1913, she was converted to a stokers' training ship and in 1917 was converted to a minelayer and assigned to the Nore Command. She was torpedoed and sunk off Beachy Head by the German submarine UC-65 (Otto Steinbrinck) on 26 July 1917.
Service history
Ariadne was built by J&G Thompson of Clydebank and launched on 22 April 1898.
In March 1902 she was ordered to prepare for service on the North America and West Indies Station, where she would act as flagship to Vice-Admiral Archibald L. Douglas when he took up command on the station later that year.[1] She was commissioned at Portsmouth on 5 June 1902 by Captain Montague Browning, who was appointed flag captain in command of the ship from the same day.[2][3]
Notes
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36724. London. 25 March 1902. p. 9. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36787. London. 6 June 1902. p. 11. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36754. London. 29 April 1902. p. 7. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Diadem class at worldwar1.co.uk
External links
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