Maritime History

HMS Ariel (1911)

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.

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See also

• ▸Castor (1917 ship)
• ▸Great Sydney Dyke
• ▸East Hampton, New York

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