SMS Ariadne

Type:
Cruiser
Class:
Gazelle
Builder:
A.G. Wesser
Bremen, Germany
Hull Number:
N/A
Ordered:
N/A
Launched:
August 10, 1900
Keel Laid:
1899
Commissioned
May 18, 1901
Fate:
Sunk Aug. 28, 1914 at the Battle of the Heligoland Bight by HM Battlecruisers Lion,
Queen Elizabeth and Princess Royal.

Location: North Sea, 38 miles west of Heligoland Island.
(54.08N-06.58E)

95 crewmen killed, survivors picked up by SMS Danzig and SMS Stralsund.


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Page published Oct. 21, 2018