HMS Ariadne (1816)

Ariadne in July 1830
History
United Kingdom
Name	Ariadne
Namesake	Ariadne
Ordered	28 November 1812
Builder	Pater Dockyard
Laid down	April 1815
Launched	10 February 1816
Completed	21 March 1816
Commissioned	April 1823
Reclassified	As a coal hulk, 1836–1837
Fate	Sold for scrap, 12 July 1841
General characteristics
Class and type	Hermes-class post ship
Tons burthen	509 25⁄94 bm
Length	119 ft 11 in (36.6 m) (gundeck) 99 ft 10 in (30.4 m) (keel)
Beam	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught	10 ft 3 in (3.1 m)
Depth	8 ft 8 in (2.6 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	135
Armament	20 guns: Gundeck: 18 × 32-pdr carronades + 2 × 9-pdr guns after 1820 conversion (26-guns): Gundeck: 18 × 32-pdr carronades QD: 6 × 18-pdr carronades Fc: 2 × 9-pdr bow chasers

HMS Ariadne was a 20-gun Hermes-class sixth-rate post ship built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. The vessel was completed in 1816, modified in the early 1820s and only entered service in 1823. Ariadne was assigned to the Cape of Good Hope Station, followed by a stint in the Mediterranean Sea. The ship served on the North America and West Indies Station from 1829 to 1835. She was paid off in 1835, turned into a coal hulk the following year and sold for scrap in 1841.