HMS Ardent (1894)

	Ardent
History
United Kingdom
Name	Ardent
Builder	Thornycroft, Chiswick
Laid down	December 1893
Launched	16 October 1894
Commissioned	30 April 1895
Motto	Death rather than disgrace
Fate	Sold for breaking, 10 October 1911
General characteristics
Class & type	Thornycroft 27 knot - 2 funnel destroyer
Displacement	265 tons (1901)
Length	201 ft 8 in (61.47 m)
Beam	19 ft (5.8 m)
Draught	7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)
Installed power	4,300 ihp (forced draught)
Propulsion	2 × Thornycroft vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 4 × Thornycroft coal-fired water-tube boilers; 2 × shafts;
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Endurance	60 tons of coal; 1,750 nm at 13 knots;
Complement	53 officers and men
Armament	1 × 12-pounder 12 cwt QF Mark I naval gun on a P Mark I low angle mount; 5 × QF 6-pounder 8 cwt Mark I naval guns on a P Mark I* low angle mount; 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tube (single launchers);

HMS Ardent was a Royal Navy 27 knot torpedo boat destroyer ordered from John I Thornycroft & Company under the 1893 – 1894 Naval Estimates. She was the sixth ship to carry this name.

History
Ardent
United Kingdom
Name	Ardent
Builder	Thornycroft, Chiswick
Laid down	December 1893
Launched	16 October 1894
Commissioned	30 April 1895
Motto	Death rather than disgrace
Fate	Sold for breaking, 10 October 1911
General characteristics
Class & type	Thornycroft 27 knot - 2 funnel destroyer
Displacement	265 tons (1901)
Length	201 ft 8 in (61.47 m)
Beam	19 ft (5.8 m)
Draught	7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)
Installed power	4,300 ihp (forced draught)
Propulsion	2 × Thornycroft vertical triple-expansion steam engines 4 × Thornycroft coal-fired water-tube boilers 2 × shafts
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Endurance	60 tons of coal 1,750 nm at 13 knots
Complement	53 officers and men
Armament	1 × 12-pounder 12 cwt QF Mark I naval gun on a P Mark I low angle mount 5 × QF 6-pounder 8 cwt Mark I naval guns on a P Mark I* low angle mount 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tube (single launchers)