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'''H.M.S. ''Ariel''''' was one of the [[Royal Navy]]'s eleven [["D" Class Destroyer (1896)|"D" class destroyers]].
'''H.M.S. ''Ariel''''' was one of the [[Royal Navy]]'s eleven [["D" Class Destroyer (1896)|"D" class destroyers]].
==Performance==
The ship was taken out of Chatham on 9 August, 1898 for a three-hour trial.  The ship drew 5 feet, 11.75 inches forward and 6 feet 11.5 inches aft.  She made 29.919 knots at 199 psi boiler pressure &ndash; she had averaged 30.039 on a previous test.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 10, 1898; pg. 6; Issue 35591.</ref>


==Service==
==Service==


In commission with the Mediterranean Fleet in December 1905 and January, 1907.{{NLDec05|p. 280}}{{NLJan07|p. 279}}
In commission with the Mediterranean Fleet in December 1905 and January, 1907.{{NLDec05|p. 280}}{{NLJan07|p. 279}}
The destroyer was wrecked and lost in a night attack exercise on 19 April, 1907 when she was one of five destroyers testing the defences of Malta's Grand Harbour.  Searchlights on St. Elmo point and Ricasoli blinded the men on the bridge and the ship struck a breakwater.  With steering lost, {{UK-Bruizer}} tried unsuccessfully to tow her to keep her clear of the rocky coast.  A coxswain lost his life after he failed to be included in the evacuation over the rails that ensued.{{HepperLosses|p. 20}}  Lieutenant [[Lancelot Napier Turton]] was faulted for taking unjustified risks that precipitated the calamity and he was not to be appointed to another destroyer in consequence.<ref>Turton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/100.|D7602886}} f. 111.</ref>
The body of the missing coxswain Sneddon was recovered by May 6.{{NMI|6 May 1907, p. 6}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Ariel''">
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{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=James Rose Price Hawksley|nick=James R. P. Hawksley|appt=8 October, 1898<ref>Hawksley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 289.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=James Rose Price Hawksley|nick=James R. P. Hawksley|appt=8 October, 1898<ref>Hawksley Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 289.</ref>|end=April, 1899{{INF}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Leopold George Darker Way|nick=Leopold G. D. Way|appt=22 August, 1901<ref>''Naval & Military Intelligence" The Times (London). Tuesday, 30 January 1900. (36052), p. 11.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Thomas Francis Tregoye Michell|nick=Thomas F. T. Michell|appt=4 April, 1899|end=13 June, 1899}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Valentine Egerton Bagot Phillimore|nick=Valentine E. B. Phillimore|appt=early March, 1902<ref>''Naval & Military Intelligence'' The Times (London). Friday, 28 February 1902. (36703), p. 5.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Charles Joseph Thaddeus Dormer, Fourteenth Baron Dormer|nick=Charles J. T. Dormer|appt=4 April, 1899|end=10 May, 1899}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Basil George Washington|nick=Basil G. Washington|appt=April, 1905<ref>Washington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 517.  In our PDF for [[Benjamin Wingate Barrow]].</ref>|end=2 October, 1905<ref>Washington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/444.}} f. 517.  In our PDF for [[Benjamin Wingate Barrow]].</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Godfrey George Webster|nick=Godfrey G. Webster|appt=13 October, 1899|end=12 February, 1900}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lancelot Napier Turton|nick=Lancelot N. Turton|appt=2 October, 1905{{NLJan07|p. 279}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Cyril Royds Brocklebank|nick=Henry C. R. Brocklebank|appt=1 March, 1900<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>|end=31 May, 1900<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Henry Cyril Royds Brocklebank|nick=Henry C. R. Brocklebank|appt=c. July, 1900<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>|end=18 September, 1900<ref>Brocklebank Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/390.|D7602709}} f. 431.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Paul Irven|nick=John P. Irven|appt=18 September, 1900<ref>Irven Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/293.}}  f. 322.</ref>{{NLJan01|p. 226}}|end=2 March, 1901<ref>Irven Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/293.}}  f. 322.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Bertram Mordaunt Chambers|nick=Bertram M. Chambers|appt=16 July, 1901{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8}}|end=22 August, 1901{{INF}}|note=for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Leopold George Darker Way|nick=Leopold G. D. Way|appt=22 August, 1901{{NMI|Tuesday, 30 January 1900. (36052), p. 11}}|end=|note=not noted in his service record}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Arthur Welland Lowis|nick=Arthur W. Lowis|appt=28 February, 1902<ref>Lowis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/93.|D7602879}} f. 103.</ref>|end=23 March, 1902<ref>Lowis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/93.|D7602879}} f. 103.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}}|name=Valentine Egerton Bagot Phillimore|nick=Valentine E. B. Phillimore|appt=11 March, 1902<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/511.|D7576578}} f. 511.</ref><ref>''Naval & Military Intelligence'' The Times (London). Friday, 28 February 1902. (36703), p. 5.</ref>|end=November, 1904<ref>Phillimore Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/511.|D7576578}} f. 511.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Joseph Armand Shuter|nick=Joseph A. Shuter|appt=30 December, 1904<ref>Shuter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/283.|D7603068}} f. 318.</ref>|end=31 January, 1905<ref>Shuter Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/283.|D7603068}} f. 318.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Andrew William Kerr|nick=Andrew W. Kerr|appt=6 April, 1905{{FC}}|end=April, 1905{{INF}}|note=temporary, by C-in-C}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Basil George Washington|nick=Basil G. Washington|appt=April, 1905<ref>Washington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/514.|D7576645}} f. 517.</ref>|end=2 October, 1905<ref>Washington Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/514.|D7576645}} f. 517.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Lancelot Napier Turton|nick=Lancelot N. Turton|appt=2 October, 1905<ref>Turton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/100.|D7602886}} f. 111.</ref>{{NLMar07|p. 279}}|end=19 April, 1907<ref>Turton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/100.|D7602886}} f. 111.</ref>|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=vessel wrecked under his command}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
The conflict between Dormer and Michell is acknowledged.  Dormer's appointment was initially to have been to {{UK-1Spitfire}}, but this was cancelled.  I am at a loss to find my basis for including Kerr in this list.


==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 13:02, 13 April 2024

H.M.S. Ariel (1897)
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[1]
Ordered: 1895-96[2]
Laid down: 23 Apr, 1896[3]
Launched: 5 Mar, 1897[4]
Commissioned: Oct, 1898[5]
Wrecked: 19 Apr, 1907[6]

H.M.S. Ariel was one of the Royal Navy's eleven "D" class destroyers.

Performance

The ship was taken out of Chatham on 9 August, 1898 for a three-hour trial. The ship drew 5 feet, 11.75 inches forward and 6 feet 11.5 inches aft. She made 29.919 knots at 199 psi boiler pressure – she had averaged 30.039 on a previous test.[7]

Service

In commission with the Mediterranean Fleet in December 1905 and January, 1907.[8][9]

The destroyer was wrecked and lost in a night attack exercise on 19 April, 1907 when she was one of five destroyers testing the defences of Malta's Grand Harbour. Searchlights on St. Elmo point and Ricasoli blinded the men on the bridge and the ship struck a breakwater. With steering lost, Bruizer tried unsuccessfully to tow her to keep her clear of the rocky coast. A coxswain lost his life after he failed to be included in the evacuation over the rails that ensued.[10] Lieutenant Lancelot Napier Turton was faulted for taking unjustified risks that precipitated the calamity and he was not to be appointed to another destroyer in consequence.[11]

The body of the missing coxswain Sneddon was recovered by May 6.[12]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

The conflict between Dormer and Michell is acknowledged. Dormer's appointment was initially to have been to Spitfire, but this was cancelled. I am at a loss to find my basis for including Kerr in this list.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 94.
  6. ↑ Wikipedia.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Aug 10, 1898; pg. 6; Issue 35591.
  8. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 280.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 279.
  10. ↑ Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Ironclad Era: 1860-1919. p. 20.
  11. ↑ Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.
  12. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 6 May 1907, p. 6.
  13. ↑ Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  14. ↑ Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  15. ↑ Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  16. ↑ Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  17. ↑ Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  18. ↑ Irven Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/293. f. 322.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 226.
  20. ↑ Irven Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/293. f. 322.
  21. ↑ "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.
  22. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 30 January 1900. (36052), p. 11.
  23. ↑ Lowis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/93. f. 103.
  24. ↑ Lowis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/93. f. 103.
  25. ↑ Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/511. f. 511.
  26. ↑ Naval & Military Intelligence The Times (London). Friday, 28 February 1902. (36703), p. 5.
  27. ↑ Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/511. f. 511.
  28. ↑ Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.
  29. ↑ Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.
  30. ↑ Washington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/514. f. 517.
  31. ↑ Washington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/514. f. 517.
  32. ↑ Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.
  33. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 279.
  34. ↑ Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.

Bibliography


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