HMS Ardent (1913)
HMS Ardent was an Acasta-class destroyer, the seventh Royal Navy ship to bear the name. She was launched in 1913, and was sunk at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
HMS Ardent | |
History | |
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Name: | HMS Ardent |
Builder: | William Denny & Brothers Limited, Dumbarton |
Launched: | 8 September 1913 |
Fate: | Sunk at Battle of Jutland on 1 June 1916 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Acasta-class destroyer |
Displacement: | 935 tons |
Length: | 267 ft 6 in (81.53 m) |
Beam: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Draught: | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) |
Installed power: | 24,500 ihp (18,300 kW) |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
Complement: | 75 |
Armament: |
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Construction and career
HMS Ardent was built using longitudinal framing rather than conventional transverse framing. She was laid down under the 1911–1912 construction programme by William Denny & Brothers Limited, and launched on 8 September 1913.[1] She was temporarily renamed HMS Kenric in October 1913, but this was reverted shortly afterwards.[1]
She joined the 4th Destroyer Flotilla on completion, and served with the Grand Fleet on the outbreak of the First World War.
Loss
She was sunk on 1 June 1916 during the Battle of Jutland by secondary fire from the German dreadnought SMS Westfalen.[2] Seventy-eight men went down with the ship; there were only two survivors.[3]
The wrecksite is designated as a protected place[4] under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.
Pennant numbers
Pennant number[1] | From | To |
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H78 | 6 December 1914 | 1 June 1916 |
References
- ""Arrowsmith" List: Royal Navy WWI Destroyer Pendant Numbers". Retrieved 27 February 2009.
- "Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk website - Destroyers before 1918". Retrieved 27 February 2009.
- "Officers and Men Killed in Action or Died of Wounds, H.M.S. Ardent, Battle of Jutland 31st May -1st June 1916".
- "Statutory Instrument 2008/0950". Office of Public Sector Information, 1 April 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2008.