SMS Ariadne
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| 300px Ariadne at the Battle of Heligoland Bight, 1914 | |
| Career (Germany) | 50px |
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| Name: | Ariadne |
| Laid down: | 1899 |
| Launched: | 10 August 1900 |
| Commissioned: | 18 May 1901 |
| Fate: | Sunk at Battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Gazelle class |
| Displacement: | 3033 tons |
| Length: | 345 ft 1 in (105.1 m) overall |
| Beam: | 40 ft 1 in (12.2 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2-shaft triple expansion engines, 8500—9000 ihp (6,300—6,700 kW) |
| Speed: | 20¾—21½ knots (38.4—39.8 km/h) |
| Complement: | 249 |
| Armament: | 10 × 105mm (4.1in), 10 × machine guns, 3 × 450mm torpedo tubes |
| Armour: | 50 mm (2 in) deck |
SMS Ariadne was a light cruiser of the Gazelle class in the Imperial German Navy, with 2,700 tons displacement and 10 × 10.5 cm guns. Within weeks of the outbreak of World War I, she was sunk, along with the light cruisers SMS Köln and SMS Mainz, by British battlecruisers under the command of Vice Admiral Beatty in the first Battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914.
References
- Gardiner, Robert (editor). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. London: Conway Maritime Press, 1979. ISBN 0 85177 133 5.
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