Ariel class destroyer

Ariel class destroyer

The Ariel-class destroyer was a class of three destroyers that served in the Royal Navy. They were built by John I. Thornycroft & Company as an improvement of the early "Ardent" design. They carried the standard single twelve-pounder gun and two torpedo tubes. They could reach 30 knots in good conditions and carried 63 officers and men.

References

*Captain T.D. Manning, "The British Destroyer"


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