HMS Ariel (1911)
HMS Ariel | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Ariel |
| Builder | John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston |
| Launched | 26 September 1911 |
| Fate | Mined on 2 August 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Acheron-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 770 long tons (780 t) |
| Length | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draught | 8.9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Installed power | 15,500 shp (11,600 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 29 kn (33 mph; 54 km/h) |
| Range | 5,500 nmi (6,300 mi; 10,200 km) at 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
| Complement | 70 |
| Armament | |
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HMS Ariel was an Acheron-class destroyer built in 1911, which served during the First World War and sank in 1918 after striking a mine. Named after Shakespeare's "airy spirit", or the biblical spirit of the same name, she was the tenth and last ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.