Ardent class (1894)

*Ardent* class
	The Ardent
Ship data
country	United Kingdom
Shipyard	John Isaac Thornycroft , Chiswick
Units built	3
period of service	1984 to 1918
Ship dimensions and crew
length	61.11 m ( Lüa ) 60.96 m ( Lpp )
width	5.79 m
Draft	Max. 2.16 m
displacement	265 t
Machine system
machine	Compound steam engine ; water tube boiler
Machine ; performance	4,200 PS (3,089 kW)
Top ; speed	27 kn (50 km / h)
Armament
	1 × Sk 7.6 cm L / 40 ; 5 × Sk 5.7 cm L / 40 ; 2 × torpedo tube ⌀ 45.8 cm (18 ″);

The Ardent class (also "Thornycroft 27-knot A class") was a class of torpedo boat destroyers of the Royal Navy before the First World War and comprised three boats. Type ship was the Ardent .

All ships were built at John Isaac Thornycroft's shipyard in Chiswick . They were 61 meters long and displaced 265 tons. Their Thornycroft steam boilers generated an output of 4,200 hp and gave them a speed of 27 knots . The armament consisted of a 76 mm gun and two torpedo tubes for 18 ″ Whitehead torpedoes . Otherwise they resembled the Daring- class boats , which only had an additional torpedo tube at the bow.

literature

Gardiner, Robert (Ed.): Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905 . Conway Maritime Press, London 1979, ISBN 0-85177-133-5 , pp. 91 .

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