HMS Ariadne (1898)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Ariadne.

300px HMS Ariadne
Career
Name:	HMS Ariadne
Builder:	J&G Thompson, Clydebank
Launched:	22 April 1898
Reclassified:	Minelayer, March 1917
Fate:	Sunk by UC-65, 26 July 1917
General characteristics
Class and type:	Diadem-class protected cruiser
Displacement:	11,000 long tons (11,000 t)
Length:	435 ft (133 m) (462 ft 6 in (140.97 m) o/a)
Beam:	69 ft (21 m)
Draught:	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Installed power:	16,500–18,000 ihp (12,300–13,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × triple expansion engines 2 × shafts
Speed:	20–20.5 kn (23–23.6 mph; 37–38.0 km/h)
Complement:	760
Armament:	Original: 16 × QF 6 in (150 mm) guns, 14 × QF 12-pounder guns, 3 × QF 3-pounder guns, 2 × 18-inch (450-mm) torpedo tubes As Minelayer: 4 × 6 in (150 mm) guns, 1 × 12-pounder gun, 354 mines
Armour:	Casemates: 6 in (15 cm) Deck: 2–4.5 in (5.1–11 cm)

File:HMS Ariadne (1898) 6-inch gun.jpg

Sailors pose while loading a 6-inch (152-mm) gun aboard Ariadne ca. 1903. The gun's breech is open, and sailors are holding the rammer, projectile, and propellant casings.

HMS Ariadne was a Diadem-class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built by J&G Thompson of Clydebank and launched on 22 April 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 on 26 July 1917.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475. 
• Diadem class at worldwar1.co.uk