- HMS Ardent
Eight ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Ardent", whilst another two were planned:*HMS|Ardent|1764|6 was a 64-gun
third rate launched in 1764. She was captured by the French in 1779 but was recaptured in 1782 and renamed HMS "Tiger". She was sold in 1784.
*HMS|Ardent|1782|6 was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1782. She caught fire and exploded nearCorsica in 1794.
*HMS|Ardent|1796|6 was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1796. She was used for harbour service from 1812 and was broken up in 1824.
*HMS|Ardent|1841|6 was a wooden paddle sloop launched in 1841 and scrapped in 1865.
* HMS "Ardent" was to have been a wooden screw sloop, but she was renamed HMS|Rattler|1843|6 before her launch in 1843.
*HMS|Ardent|1894|6 was an "Ardent" classtorpedo boat destroyer launched in 1894 and broken up in 1911.
*HMS|Ardent|1913|6 was an "Acasta"-class destroyer launched in 1913 and sunk at thebattle of Jutland in 1916.
*HMS|Ardent|H41|6 was an A-class destroyer launched in 1929 and sunk in 1940..
*HMS "Ardent" was to have been an "Amphion"-classsubmarine but she was cancelled in 1945.
*HMS|Ardent|F184|6 was a Type 21frigate launched in 1975 and sunk in 1982 during theFalklands War .ee also
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