HMS Ariadne (1898)

HMS Ariadne
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Ariadne
Builder	J&G Thompson, Clydebank
Laid down	29 October 1896
Launched	22 April 1898
Christened	Lady Balfour of Burleigh
Reclassified	Minelayer, March 1917
Fate	Sunk by UC-65, 26 July 1917
General characteristics
Class and type	Diadem-class protected cruiser
Displacement	11,000 long tons (11,177 t)
Length	435 ft (133 m) (462 ft 6 in (140.97 m) o/a)
Beam	69 ft (21 m)
Draught	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Installed power	16,500–18,000 ihp (12,300–13,400 kW)
Propulsion	2 × triple expansion engines 2 × shafts
Speed	20–20.5 knots (37.0–38.0 km/h; 23.0–23.6 mph)
Complement	760
Armament	Original: 16 × QF 6-inch (152 mm) guns 14 × QF 12-pounder (76 mm) guns 3 × QF 3-pounder (47 mm) guns 2 × 18-inch (450-mm) torpedo tubes As Minelayer: 4 × 6 in (150 mm) guns, 1 × 12-pounder gun, 354 mines
Armour	Casemates: 6 in (15 cm) Deck: 2–4.5 in (5.1–11.4 cm)

HMS Ariadne was a Diadem-class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy, which was launched in 1898, In March 1913, she was converted to a stokers' training ship and in 1917 was converted to a minelayer and assigned to the Nore Command. She was torpedoed and sunk off Beachy Head by the German submarine UC-65 (Otto Steinbrinck) on 26 July 1917.