HMS Ariadne (1898)
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 HMS Ariadne |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Ariadne |
| Builder: | J&G Thompson, Clydebank |
| Launched: | April 22, 1898 |
| Reclassified: | Minelayer, March 1917 |
| Fate: | Sunk by UC-65 July 26, 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 11,000 tons |
| Length: | 435 ft (133 m) (462 ft 6 in (141.0 m) o/a) |
| Beam: | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Draught: | 25 ft 6 in (7.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft triple expansion engines 16.500 - 18,000 hp |
| Speed: | 20 - 20.5 knots |
| Complement: | 760 |
| Armament: | 16 x single BL 6-inch Mark VII guns 14 x single QF 12-pounder guns 3 x single QF 3-pounder guns 2 x 18-inch torpedo tubes as Minelayer: 4 x 6-inch guns 1 x 12-pounder gun 354 mines |
| Armour: | 6 inch casemates 4.5-2 inch decks |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Ariadne.
HMS Ariadne was a ship of the Diadem-class of protected cruiser in the Royal Navy. She was built by J&G Thompson of Clydebank and launched on April 22, 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 UC-65 on July 26, 1917.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Diadem class at worldwar1.co.uk
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