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{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=Godfrey George Webster|nick=Godfrey G. Webster|appt=15 March, 1899{{NLFeb00|p. 225}}|end=}}
 
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{{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=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>}}
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{{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{{NLJan01|p. 226}}|end=1901}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LaCRN}}|name=John Paul Irven|nick=John P. Irven|appt=18 September, 1900{{NLJan01|p. 226}}|end=1901}}
 
{{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>|end=}}
 
{{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>|end=}}

Revision as of 12:29, 29 December 2016

H.M.S. Ariel (1897)
Builder: Thornycroft[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.

Service

In commission with the Mediterranean Fleet in December 1905 and January, 1907.[7][8]

The destroyer was wrecked and lost in a night attack exercise on 19 April, 1907. 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.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

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. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 280.
  8. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 279.
  9. Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.
  10. Hawksley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 289.
  11. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 225.
  12. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  13. Brocklebank Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/390. f. 431.
  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. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 226.
  17. Naval & Military Intelligence" The Times (London). Tuesday, 30 January 1900. (36052), p. 11.
  18. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/511. f. 511.
  19. Naval & Military Intelligence The Times (London). Friday, 28 February 1902. (36703), p. 5.
  20. Phillimore Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/511. f. 511.
  21. Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.
  22. Shuter Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/283. f. 318.
  23. Washington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/514. f. 517.
  24. Washington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/514. f. 517.
  25. Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.
  26. The Navy List. (March, 1907). p. 279.
  27. Turton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/100. f. 111.

Bibliography


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