For other ships of the same name, see HMS Ardent.
| HMS Ardent (1894) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Career |  |
| Name: | HMS Ardent |
| Builder: | Thornycroft, Chiswick |
| Launched: | 16 October 1894 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrapping, 1911 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Ardent-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 265 long tons (269 t) |
| Length: | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Propulsion: |
Triple expansion steam engines Coal-fired water-tube boilers |
| Speed: | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Complement: | 53 |
| Armament: |
• 1 × 12-pounder gun • 5 × 6-pounder guns • 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes |
HMS Ardent was an Ardent-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy. She was built by Thornycroft at Church Wharf in Chiswick on the River Thames, launched on 16 October 1894[1] and sold in 1911.[2]
The ship was launched on the 16 October 1894 from the yard at Chiswick following the naming ceremony by Mrs C.T. Cornish, the daughter of the company founder John Isaac Thornycroft.[3]
Ardent was attached to the Mediterranean Fleet during the 1890s as tender to the flagship HMS Ramillies. One role of the destroyer was training of stokers of the Fleet in the management of water-tube boilers.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "HMS Ardent Association Online". hmsardent.org.uk. http://www.hmsardent.org.uk/archive/20201.html. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
- ↑ Manning, Captain T.D (1961). The British Destroyer. Putnam and Co..
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