Name HMS Ardent Beam 27 ft (8.2 m) Installed power 24,500 ihp (18,300 kW) Length 82 m Displacement 848,200 kg | Class and type Acasta-class destroyer Draught 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) Launched 8 September 1913 Weight 950 tons Draft 3.2 m | |
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Fate Sunk at Battle of Jutland on 1 June 1916 Builder William Denny and Brothers | ||
HMS Ardent was an Acasta-class destroyer and the seventh Royal Navy ship to bear the name. She was launched in 1913 and was sunk at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
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Construction and career
HMS Ardent was built using longitudinal framing rather than conventional transverse framing. She was laid down under the 1911–1912 construction programme by William Denny & Brothers Limited and launched on 8 September 1913. She was temporarily renamed HMS Kenric in October 1913, but this was reverted shortly afterwards.
She joined the 4th Destroyer Flotilla on completion and served with the Grand Fleet on the outbreak of the First World War.
Loss
She was sunk on 1 June 1916 during the Battle of Jutland by secondary fire from the German dreadnought SMS Westfalen. Seventy-eight men went down with the ship, there were only 2 survivors.
The wrecksite is designated as a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.