SMS Ariadne
Ariadne before the war
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 German Empire
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| Name: | Ariadne |
| Namesake: | Ariadne |
| Laid down: | 1899 |
| Launched: | 10 August 1900 |
| Commissioned: | 18 May 1901 |
| Fate: | Sunk at Battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914 |
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| Class and type: | Gazelle-class light cruiser |
| Displacement: | 3,006 tonnes (2,959 long tons) |
| Length: | 105.1 m (344.8 ft) overall |
| Beam: | 12.2 m (40.0 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.93 m (16.2 ft) |
| Installed power: | 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shafts, 2 Triple-expansion steam engines |
| Speed: | 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph) |
| Range: | 3,560 nmi (6,590 km; 4,100 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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| Armor: | Deck: 20 to 25 mm (0.79 to 0.98 in) |
SMS Ariadne was the fifth member of the ten-ship Gazelle class of light cruisers, built by the Imperial German Navy. She was built by the Imperial Dockyard in Danzig, laid down in 1899, launched in August 1900, and commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in May 1901. Armed with a main battery of ten 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns and two 45 cm (18 in) torpedo tubes, Ariadne was capable of a top speed of 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph).
Ariadne served with the reconnaissance forces of the High Seas Fleet for the majority of her career. After the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, she was used to patrol the Heligoland Bight. On 28 August, the British Royal Navy attacked the patrol line, and in the ensuing Battle of Heligoland Bight, Ariadne was attacked and sunk by a pair of battlecruisers. Some 200 of her crew were killed in the battle, with only 59 survivors pulled from the sea.
Ariadne was ordered under the contract name "D" and was laid down at the AG Weser shipyard in Bremen in 1899 and launched on 10 August 1900, after which fitting-out work commenced. She was commissioned into the High Seas Fleet on 18 May 1901. The ship was 105.1 meters (345 ft) long overall and had a beam of 12.2 m (40 ft) and a draft of 4.93 m (16.2 ft) forward. She displaced 3,006 t (2,959 long tons; 3,314 short tons) at full combat load. Her propulsion system consisted of two triple-expansion engines. They were designed to give 8,000 shaft horsepower (6,000 kW), for a top speed of 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h; 24.7 mph). The engines were powered by nine coal-fired Marine-type water-tube boilers. Ariadne carried 560 tonnes (550 long tons) of coal, which gave her a range of 3,560 nautical miles (6,590 km; 4,100 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph). She had a crew of 14 officers and 243 enlisted men.
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