HMS Ariel

HMS Ariel

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 training shore establishment:

*HMS|Ariel|shore establishment|6 was a training establishment established at Warrington in 1942, then moved to Worthy Down in 1952. It moved to RNAS Lee-on-Solent, which had been named HMS "Daedalus", but was renamed "Ariel" in 1959. The name reverted back to HMS "Daedalus" in 1965.

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