H.M.S. Ardent (1894)

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H.M.S. Ardent (1894)
Builder: Thornycroft[1]
Ordered: 1893-94[2]
Laid down: Dec, 1893[3]
Launched: 16 Oct, 1894[4]
Commissioned: Apr, 1895[5]
Broken up: 1911[6]

H.M.S. Ardent was one of 42 destroyers of the "A" class, a "27 knotter".

Construction

Ardent was launched on 16 October, 1894 by Mrs. C. T. Cornish, the daughter of John I. Thornycroft, founder of the Thornycroft shipyard.[7]

She ran her preliminary trial at Maplin Sound on 9 November, 1894. She achieved a mean speed of 29.182 knots on a full power run. Boiler pressure was 210 lbs., mean revolutions 407 per minute.[8]

Service

Soon after her delivery, the Admiralty decided to sent Ardent to the Mediterranean "for purposes of instruction."[9] Ardent left for Malta from Plymouth in convoy with Template:UK=Pique on 15 May, 1895.[10]

In commission with the Mediterranean Fleet in December 1905.[11]

In commission with the Mediterranean Fleet in January 1907.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 91.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 17 October, 1894. Issue 34397, col B, p. 10.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 10 November, 1894. Issue 34418, col E, p. 10.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 13 April, 1895. Issue 34550, col D, p. 4.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 16 May, 1895. Issue 34578, col F, p. 5.
  11. ↑ The Monthly Navy List (December, 1905), p. 279.
  12. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1907), p. 279.
  13. ↑ The Monthly Navy List (December, 1905), p. 279.
  14. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1907), p. 279.
  15. ↑ The Navy List (April, 1910), p. 279.

Bibliography


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