HMS Ariadne (1898)

In March 1902 she was ordered to prepare for service on the North America and West Indies Station, where she would act as flagship to Vice-Admiral Sir Archibald L. Douglas when he took up command on the station in July that year.^[3] She was commissioned at Portsmouth on 5 June 1902 by Captain Montague Browning, who was appointed flag captain in command of the ship from the same day.^[4][5] Leaving Portsmouth in early July,^[6] she arrived at the station headquarters at Halifax and formally succeed HMS Crescent as flagship to the station on 15 July.^[7] In August–September 1902 she visited St. John's, Newfoundland, Quebec City and Charlottetown.^[8][9] In November the same year, she visited the Bermuda headquarters of the station and Trinidad.^[10]

Ariadne took part in the naval blockade of Venezuelan ports during the Venezuelan crisis of 1902–1903.

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (3rd Rev ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
• Diadem class at worldwar1.co.uk

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