HMS Ariadne (1917): Shipwreck Map, Location & Facts

HMS Ariadne 1917

Image: Symonds & Co, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Marker: recorded wreck position (First World War).

Key facts

Name	HMS Ariadne	Wikidata label
Year lost	1917	English Wikipedia lead text (year following a loss verb, parsed)
Era	First World War	derived from year
Ship type	protected cruiser	Wikidata P31 instance of
Cause of loss	War action	Keyword match in English Wikipedia lead sentence
Nationality / flag	United Kingdom	Wikidata P137 operator → P17 country
Operator	Royal Navy	Wikidata P137 operator
Conflict	World War I	Wikidata P607 conflict
Sea / ocean	English Channel	Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon
Nearest coast	England	Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 13 km from land
Position	50.6550, 0.2910	Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0)

About the wreck

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.

Location

Recorded position: 50.6550, 0.2910 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
Sea / ocean: English Channel
Nearest coast: England

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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article HMS Ariadne (1898) (revision 1380857787), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.