HMS Ariadne (1859)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Ariadne | 
| Builder | Deptford Dockyard | 
| Launched | 1859 | 
| Commissioned | 1859 | 
| Decommissioned | 1873 | 
| In service | 1859-1873 | 
| Out of service | 1922 | 
| Renamed | HMS Actaeon in 1905 | 
| Reclassified | shore station and later training hulk | 
| Stricken | 1922 | 
| Fate | Sold for scrap 1922 | 
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Walker screw frigate | 
| Displacement | 4,583 long tons (4,657 t) | 
| Length | 435 ft (133 m) | 
| Beam | 51 ft (16 m) | 
| Draught | 16 ft (4.9 m) | 
| Installed power | sail and steam @ 3350 horsepower | 
| Speed | ~13 knots | 
| Complement | 250 to 450 | 
| Armament | 26 guns | 
HMS Ariadne was a 26 gun Walker screw frigate of the Royal Navy in service from 1859 to 1873. After decommissioning in 1873 it became a shore station from 1884 to 1905 and training hulk from 1905 to 1922.