HMS Ariadne (1898)
HMS Ariadne | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Ariadne |
| Builder | J&G Thompson, Clydebank |
| Laid down | 29 October 1896 |
| Launched | 22 April 1898 |
| Christened | Lady Balfour of Burleigh |
| Reclassified | Minelayer, March 1917 |
| Fate | Sunk by UC-65, 26 July 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Diadem-class protected cruiser |
| Displacement | 11,000 long tons (11,177 t) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Draught | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
| Installed power | 16,500–18,000 ihp (12,300–13,400 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 20–20.5 knots (37.0–38.0 km/h; 23.0–23.6 mph) |
| Complement | 760 |
| Armament |
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| Armour | |
HMS Ariadne was a Diadem-class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy, which was launched in 1898, In March 1913, she was converted to a stokers' training ship and in 1917 was converted to a minelayer and assigned to the Nore Command. She was torpedoed and sunk off Beachy Head by the German submarine UC-65 (Otto Steinbrinck) on 26 July 1917.