HMS Ariadne was a 26 gun Walker screw frigate of the Royal Navy in service from 1859 to 1873.

Ariadne was a screw frigate designed by Baldwin Walker.

[2] In 1860 the ship carried the future King Edward VII (then as Prince of Wales) on a royal tour of Canada and United States.

In 1884 she became part of the shore establishment HMS Vernon and served as a naval cadet training ship.

[2] As Actaeon, she was used only as a hulk by the naval torpedo school in Sheerness.