page_title: HMS Ariadne (1898)
hierarchical_section_title: HMS Ariadne (1898)
caption_attribution_description: Photograph showing Royal Navy gunners loading a QF 6 inch naval gun on cruiser HMS Ariadne. A shell is on the loading tray ready to be rammed in; 2 men on the right hold cartridge cases; the man on the left holds the next shell. Photograph is believed to have been taken at Halifax, Nova Scotia while Ariadne was with the North America and West Indies squadron.
context_page_description: 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 on 26 July 1917.
context_section_description: 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.
caption: Sailors pose while loading a 6-inch (152 mm) gun aboard Ariadne ca. 1903. The gun's breech is open, and sailors are holding the rammer, projectile, and propellant casings.
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