Ardent-class destroyer

Class overview
HMS Ardent
Name:	Ardent class
Builders:	Thornycroft, Church Wharf, Chiswick
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Ferret class
Succeeded by:	Charger class
In commission:	1894–1918
Completed:	3
Lost:	1
Retired:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Torpedo boat destroyer
Displacement:	265 long tons (269 t)
Length:	200 ft (61 m)
Propulsion:	Triple expansion steam engines Coal-fired water-tube boilers
Armament:	1 × 12-pounder gun 5 × 6-pounder guns 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes

The Ardent-class torpedo boat destroyers ("Thornycroft 27-knot (50 km/h) A class") served with the Royal Navy. Built by Thornycroft, they displaced 265 tons, and were 200 feet (61 m) long.

The Ardent-class were, except for their armament, identical to the preceding Daring class,^[1] being armed with one 12-pounder quick-firing gun forward and five 6-pounder guns, mounted on the broadside and aft, and two torpedo tubes on a revolving mount abaft the two funnels.^[2]

Ships

Ardent, launched 16 October 1894, sold 1911.
Boxer, launched 28 November 1894, lost in collision 8 February 1918.
Bruizer, launched 27 February 1895, sold 26 May 1914.

Notes

↑ "Daring Class". battleships-cruisers.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
↑ "HMS Ardent Association Online". hmsardent.org.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2010.

References

Lyon, David (1996). The First Destroyers. ISBN 1-84067-364-8.
Manning, Captain T.D. (1961). The British Destroyer. Putnam and Co. ISBN 9780906223130.

External links

Media related to Ardent class destroyer at Wikimedia Commons

Ardent-class destroyer

Ardent Boxer Bruizer

Preceded by: Ferret class Followed by: Charger class List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

A-class destroyer

"26-knotter" type	Daring class Havock class Ferret class

"27-knotter" type	Ardent class Charger class Hardy class Janus class Salmon class Banshee class Fervent class Conflict class Handy class Sunfish class Rocket class Sturgeon class Swordfish class Zebra class

Followed by: B class List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

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