HMS Ariadne (1805)
{{short description|Cutter of the Royal Navy}}
{{other ships|HMS Ariadne|HMS Dove|HMS Flight}}
{{Italic title|string=Ariadne}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United Kingdom | Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} | Ship name = Ariadne | Ship namesake = | Ship owner = | Ship operator = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Cowes | Ship original cost = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 1803 | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship honours = | Ship honors = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = Sold to the government July 1805 | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag=File:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg |Ship name=HMS Ariadne |Ship namesake= |Ship builder= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship acquired=July 1805 |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed=*HMS Dove 1805)
|Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Disappeared September 1806 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Header caption={{sfnp|Winfield|2008|p=370}} |Ship type=Cutter |Ship tons burthen=187(bm) |Ship length= |Ship beam= |Ship hold depth= |Ship draught= |Ship propulsion=Sail |Ship speed= |Ship complement= |Ship armament=6 guns |Ship notes= }} |
HMS Ariadne was launched at Cowes in 1803 as the civilian vessel Ariadne. The Royal Navy purchased her in July 1805 as an advice boat and commissioned her under Lieutenant John Wells. It renamed her HMS Dove later that year, and then in 1806 renamed her HMS Flight.
In September 1806 Flight disappeared in the English Channel, and was presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands.{{sfnp|Hepper|1994|p=115}}
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References
- {{cite book |last1=Hepper |first1=David J. |year=1994 |title=British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859 |publisher=Jean Boudriot |location=Rotherfield |isbn=0-948864-30-3}}
- {{cite book |first=Rif|last=Winfield|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth Publishing|year=2008|isbn=978-1-86176-246-7}}
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Category:Ships built in England
Category:Age of Sail merchant ships of England
Category:Cutters of the Royal Navy
Category:Maritime incidents in 1806