HMS Ardent |
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Name: | HMS Ardent |
Builder: | William Denny & Brothers Limited, Dumbarton |
Launched: | 8 September 1913 |
Fate: | Sunk by Westfalen at Battle of Jutland on 1 June 1916 |
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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) |
Complement: | 75 |
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HMS Ardent was an Acasta-class destroyer and the seventh Royal Navy ship to bear the name. She was launched in 1913 and was sunk at the battle of Jutland in 1916.
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Pennant Number[1] | From | To |
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H78 | 6 December 1914 | 1 June 1916 |
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.
She was sunk on 1 June 1916 during the Battle of Jutland by secondary fire from the German dreadnought SMS Westfalen.[2] The wrecksite is designated as a protected place[3] under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.
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