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Dates: 1911 - 1918
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ariel, possibly after the archangel Ariel in Judeo-Christian mysticism:
HMS Ariel was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1777, captured by the French ship Amazone in 1779 and lent to the Americans as USS Ariel until 1781. She was lost in 1793.
HMS Ariel was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1781 and sold in 1802.
HMS Ariel was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 and sold in 1816.
HMS Ariel was a 14-gun brig launched in Bombay in 1809 and foundered in 1820.
HMS Ariel was a Cherokee class brig-sloop launched in 1820 and wrecked in 1828 on Sable Island.
HMS Ariel was a wooden paddle packet launched in 1822 and transferred to the Navy from the General Post Office in 1837, where she had been named Arrow. She was sold back into mercantile service in 1850.
HMS Ariel was a wood screw sloop launched in 1854 and sold in 1865.
HMS Ariel was a second class gunboat launched in 1873, transferred to the coastguard in 1877 and sold in 1889.
HMS Ariel was a D class destroyer launched in 1897 and wrecked in 1907 at Malta.
HMS Ariel was an Acheron class destroyer launched in 1911 and sunk in 1918 in the North Sea.
Ariel has also been the name of a naval shore establishment:
HMS Ariel was the original name for the shore-based naval station HMS Daedalus .
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Ariel
" Dough, Just reread your post of the storms and found another question that you asked. Naval air stations that I served on. 1958 HMS Seahawk. Helston Cornwall. 1964 HMS Ariel. Lee On Solent, Hants. 1965 HMS Condor. Arbroath, Scotland 1966 HMS Ariel. Lee on Solent ..."
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" While I’ve been catching up with a few queries, I’ve come across a number of cases where members have reduced their likelihood of finding friends. This is because information they have added will actually prevent the system from matching their own units with the same units as ..."
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"HMS Ariel Culcheth, Warrington
HMS Merlin, Dunfermaline Scotland"
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"RNAS Eglinton,HMS Ariel,HMS Collingwood."
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"In the photographs displayed, which were taken at HMS Ariel, 29.09.1958-12.06.1959, are Jim Houghton, L.N. Smith, A.W, (Tony) Bayliss, W.(Willie) Burr, D.A.(Dave) Jackson, A.G. Scott, Instructor Petty Officer G Wilde. Does anybody recognise anybody?"
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