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	HMS Ardent
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ardent
Builder	William Denny & Brothers Limited, Dumbarton
Launched	8 September 1913
Fate	Sunk at Battle of Jutland on 1 June 1916
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	935 tons
Length	267 ft 6 in (81.53 m)
Beam	27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Installed power	24,500 ihp (18,300 kW)
Propulsion	Yarrow-type water-tube boilers; Parsons steam turbines;
Speed	29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Complement	75
Armament	3 × QF 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark IV guns, mounting P Mk. IX; 1 × QF 2-pounder pom-pom Mk. II; 2 × single tubes for 21 in (533 mm) torpedoes;

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HMS Ardent was an Template:Sclass- 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.

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.^[1] She was temporarily renamed HMS Kenric in October 1913, but this was reverted shortly afterwards.^[1]

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.^[2] The wrecksite is designated as a protected place^[3] under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.

Pennant numbers

Pennant Number^[1]	From	To
H78	6 December 1914	1 June 1916

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ""Arrowsmith" List: Royal Navy WWI Destroyer Pendant Numbers". Retrieved 2009-02-27.
^ "Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk website - Destroyers before 1918". Retrieved 2009-02-27.
^ "Statutory Instrument 2008/0950". Office of Public Sector Information, 1 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-19.

[AS-1] ""Arrowsmith" List: Royal Navy WWI Destroyer Pendant Numbers". Retrieved 2009-02-27.

[BC-2] "Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk website - Destroyers before 1918". Retrieved 2009-02-27.

[3] "Statutory Instrument 2008/0950". Office of Public Sector Information, 1 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-19.

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