H.M.S. Ardent (1913)

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H.M.S. Ardent (1913)
Pendant Number: H.78 (1914)[1]
Builder: William Denny & Brothers[2]
Launched: 8 Sep, 1913[3]
Completed: Feb, 1914[4]
Sunk[5]: 1 Jun, 1916[6]
Fate: at Battle of Jutland

H.M.S. Ardent was one of twenty destroyers of the Acasta class.

There was an earlier destroyer named Ardent and an A-class destroyer launched in 1929.

Service

At the Battle of Jutland, Ardent operated with the Fourth Destroyer Flotilla and was sunk in the night action under the command of Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Marsden.[7]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 63.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 307.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  6. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  7. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. pp. 34, 44.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 392c.
  9. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 63.

Bibliography


Acasta Class Destroyer
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Thornycroft Specials
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