Nine ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ariel, possibly after the
archangelAriel in Judeo-Christian mysticism, but certainly influenced by Shakespeare's
"airy spirit" of the same name:
HMS Ariel (1781), a 16-gun
sloop launched in 1781. laid up in 1792, offered for sale in 1795, and sold in 1802.
HMS Ariel (1806), an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 and sold in 1816.
HMS Ariel (1820), a
Cherokee-classbrig-sloop launched in 1820 and wrecked in 1828 on
Sable Island. She had become a
Post Office packet in 1826, sailing from
Falmouth. Cornwall. On 10 November 1828, she sailed from Falmouth under the command of Lieutenant John Figg (RN). In December a schooner saw her off Sable Island but was unable to warn her off and it was believed that she wrecked a few hours later. All aboard Ariel died.[1]
HMS Ariel (1837), 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.
Ariel has also been the name of a naval training shore establishment:
HMS Ariel 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. It had a sister site called
Seafield Park. The name reverted to HMS Daedalus in 1965.
Pawlyn, Tony (2003). The Falmouth Packets, 1689–1851. Truran.
ISBN9781850221753.
List of ships with the same or similar names
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
Nine ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ariel, possibly after the
archangelAriel in Judeo-Christian mysticism, but certainly influenced by Shakespeare's
"airy spirit" of the same name:
HMS Ariel (1781), a 16-gun
sloop launched in 1781. laid up in 1792, offered for sale in 1795, and sold in 1802.
HMS Ariel (1806), an 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 and sold in 1816.
HMS Ariel (1820), a
Cherokee-classbrig-sloop launched in 1820 and wrecked in 1828 on
Sable Island. She had become a
Post Office packet in 1826, sailing from
Falmouth. Cornwall. On 10 November 1828, she sailed from Falmouth under the command of Lieutenant John Figg (RN). In December a schooner saw her off Sable Island but was unable to warn her off and it was believed that she wrecked a few hours later. All aboard Ariel died.[1]
HMS Ariel (1837), 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.
Ariel has also been the name of a naval training shore establishment:
HMS Ariel 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. It had a sister site called
Seafield Park. The name reverted to HMS Daedalus in 1965.
Pawlyn, Tony (2003). The Falmouth Packets, 1689–1851. Truran.
ISBN9781850221753.
List of ships with the same or similar names
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.