| Name: | ARIOSTO |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 24/01/1940 |
| Completed: | 03/1940 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1646 |
| Dimensions: | 2176grt, 979nrt, 295.2 x 44.2 x 17.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (20, 34 & 56 x 39ins) + LP turbine, 521nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Reg Number: | 167082 |
| History: | |
| 03/1940 | Ellerman's Wilson Line Ltd, Hull |
| 24/10/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | 24/10/1941: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat U564, |
| 200 miles south west of Lisbon at 35.50N - 11W | |
| On a voyage from Lisbon to Liverpool |