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HMS Ardent (1894)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ardent.
HMS Ardent was a Royal Navy 27 knot torpedo boat destroyer ordered from John I Thornycroft & Company under the 1893 – 1894 Naval Estimates. She was the sixth ship to carry this name.[1]
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Name | Ardent |
Builder | Thornycroft, Chiswick |
Laid down | December 1893 |
Launched | 16 October 1894 |
Commissioned | 30 April 1895 |
Motto | Death rather than disgrace |
Fate | Sold for breaking, 10 October 1911 |
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Class and type | Thornycroft 27 knot - 2 funnel destroyer |
Displacement | 265 tons (1901) |
Length | 201 ft 8 in (61.47 m) |
Beam | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Draught | 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) |
Installed power | 4,300 ihp (forced draught) |
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Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
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Complement | 53 officers and men |
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