HMS Ariel (1897)
HMS Ariel | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Ariel |
| Ordered | 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates |
| Builder | John I Thornycroft, Chiswick |
| Yard number | 314 |
| Laid down | 23 April 1896 |
| Launched | 5 March 1897 |
| Commissioned | October 1898 |
| Fate | Wrecked, 19 April 1907 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Two funnel, 30 knot destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 210 ft (64 m) o/a |
| Beam | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
| Draught | 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) |
| Installed power | 5,700 shp (4,300 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
| Range |
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| Complement | 65 officers and men |
| Armament |
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| Service record | |
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HMS Ariel was a two funnel, 30 knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1895 – 1896 Naval Estimates. Named after Shakespeare's "airy spirit", or the biblical spirit of the same name, she was the ninth ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1897, served at Chatham and Malta, and was wrecked in a storm in 1907.