HMS Ardent (1913)

	Ardent
History
United Kingdom
Name	Ardent
Builder	William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
Laid down	9 October 1912
Launched	8 September 1913
Commissioned	February 1914
Fate	Sunk at Battle of Jutland, 1 June 1916
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Acasta-class destroyer
Displacement	1,072 long tons (1,089 t) (deep load)
Length	267 ft 6 in (81.5 m)
Beam	27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught	9 ft 6 in (2.9 m)
Installed power	3 Yarrow boilers; 24,500 shp (18,300 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 1 steam turbine
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	1,540 nmi (2,850 km; 1,770 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	73
Armament	3 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns; 2 × single 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

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HMS Ardent was one of 20 Acasta-class destroyers built for the Royal Navy in the 1910s. Completed in 1914 she saw active service in the First World War, and was sunk at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.

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