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 and 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	3 × Parsons steam turbines; 3 × Yarrow boilers; 3 × shafts;
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	2 × BL 4 in (100 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns; 2 × QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval guns; 2 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

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.

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