HMS Ariel (1911)
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HMS Ariel
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| Name: | HMS Ariel |
| Builder: | John I. Thornycroft & Company, Woolston |
| Launched: | 26 September 1911 |
| Fate: | Mined on 2 August 1918 |
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| 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) |
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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 |
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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.
With her sister, Acheron, she was a "Thornycroft special", and as such was slightly longer and more powerful than the standard destroyer of her class. Ariel was laid down at the Woolston yard of John I. Thornycroft & Company, and launched on 26 September 1911. Capable of 29 kn (33 mph; 54 km/h), she carried two 4 in (100 mm) guns, other smaller guns and 21 in (530 mm) torpedo tubes and had a complement of 70 men.
As part of the First Destroyer Flotilla, she was attached to the Grand Fleet in August 1914, and then to the Third Battle Squadron from the spring of 1916. Once converted to a minelayer in 1917, she became part of the 20th Flotilla.
On 5 August 1914, Ariel towed submarine E8 to Terschelling. They were in company with cruiser Amethyst and submarine E6. After releasing the tow, the two submarines conducted the first Heligoland Bight patrol of the war.
As part of the Harwich Force, the First Destroyer Flotilla took part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August.Ariel — under Commander Dashwood Moir — shared in the prize money for the battle.
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