Ardent class ship of the line
- Ardent class ship of the line
The "Ardent"-class ships of the line were a class of seven 64-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.
Design
Slade based the design of the "Ardent"-class on the captured French ship HMS|Fougueux|1747|2.
hips
*HMS|Ardent|1764|6:Builder: Blades, Hull:Ordered: 16 December 1761:Launched: 13 August 1764:Fate: Sold out of the service, 1784
*HMS|Raisonnable|1768|6:Builder: Chatham Dockyard:Ordered: 11 January 1763:Launched: 10 December 1768:Fate: Broken up, 1815
*HMS|Agamemnon|1781|6:Builder: Adams, Bucklers Hard:Ordered: 8 April 1777:Launched: 10 April 1781:Fate: Wrecked, 1809
*HMS|Belliqueux|1780|6:Builder: Perry, Blackwall:Ordered: 19 February 1778:Launched: 5 June 1780:Fate: Broken up, 1816
*HMS|Stately|1784|6:Builder: Raymond, Northam:Ordered: 10 December 1778:Launched: 27 December 1784:Fate: Broken up, 1814
*HMS|Indefatigable|1784|6:Builder: Adams, Bucklers Hard:Ordered: 3 August 1780:Launched: July 1784:Fate: Broken up, 1816
*HMS|Nassau|1785|6:Builder: Hilhouse, Bristol:Ordered: 14 November 1782:Launched: 28 September 1785:Fate: Wrecked, 1799
References
*Lavery, Brian (2003) "The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850." Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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