ARDENT

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Destroyer

Nickname

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Ship Class

Acasta class

Grouping

4th Destroyer Flotilla

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

William Denny & Brothers Limited, Dumbarton

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

Temporarily renamed HMS Kenric

Date Laid Down

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Launch Date

08.09.2013

Completed date

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Commission date

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Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

H78

Photo Details

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Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

sunk at Jutland

Jutland result

HMS Ardent was sunk by secondary fire from SMS Westfalen

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Marsden

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

75

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

935

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

297' 6"

Length (mtrs)

81.53

Beam (ft)

27'

Beam (mtrs)

8.2

Draught (ft)

10' 6"

Draught (mtrs)

3,2

Max. Speed (knots)

29

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

Parsons steam turbines with Yarrow boilers rating 24,500 shp

Armour Main Belt

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Deck Armour

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Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

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No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

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Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

3

Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

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Guns (No.barrels) 2

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Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

QF 4" (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark IV guns mounting P Mk. One QF 2 pounder "Pom pom" Mk II

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

530 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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