| Name: | ARIEL |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 13/10/1894 |
| Completed: | 11/1894 |
| Builder: | Wood, Skinner & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Bill Quay |
| Yard Number: | 53 |
| Dimensions: | 1572grt, 994nrt, 250.0 x 35.0 x 15.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (18.5, 30 & 49 x 33ins), 138nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 11/1894 | A/S Ariel (LB Rafen), Holmestrand |
| 1905 | Mitsubishi Goshi Kaisha, Nagasaki; renamed TANOURA MARU |
| 02/06/1913 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 02/06/1913: Wrecked on Quelpart Island (now known as Jeju, South Korea) |
| On a voyage from Wakamatsu to Shanghai with a cargo of coal |
Above photo as ARIEL is copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum