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{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Ariel'' (1873)|fatedate=1889{{Conways1860|p. 111}}
|name=Ariel
|launch=11 Feb, 1873{{CN}}
|builder=[[Chatham Royal Dockyard]]{{Conways1860|p. 111}}
|fate=Sold
|fg=white|bg=crimson}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''H.M.S. ''Ariel''''' was one of nine [[Ariel Class Gunboat (1871)|''Ariel'' Class composite gunboats]] completed for the [[Royal Navy]].

==Service==

==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Ariel''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Orford Churchill|nick=Orford Churchill|appt=4 July, 1873{{NLJul76|p. 187}}|end=20 December, 1876|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Holden Wilding|nick=Henry H. Wilding|appt=26 November, 1877<ref>Wingfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1535.|}} ff. 1408, 1461.</ref>{{NLOct78|p. 195}}|end=3 February, 1880<ref>Wingfield Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37/1535.|}} ff. 1408, 1461.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Francis William Sanders|nick=Francis W. Sanders|appt=5 February, 1880{{NLDec81|p. 194}}|end=18 October, 1882}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Robert Wood|nick=Charles R. Wood|appt=18 October, 1882{{NLJul84|p. 195}}|end=30 June, 1884}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Marwood Colson Festing|nick=Henry M. C. Festing|appt=3 July, 1884{{NLJul86|p. 195}}|end=30 September, 1887}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>

==See Also==
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==Footnotes==
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{{Footer Ariel Class Gunboat (1871)}}

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