History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Ardent |
Ordered | 16 December 1761 |
Builder | Blades, Hull |
Laid down | 15 January 1762 |
Launched | 13 August 1764 |
Commissioned | October 1773 |
Captured | 17 August 1779, by French Navy |
France | |
Name | Ardent |
Acquired | 1779 |
Captured | 14 April 1782, by Royal Navy |
Notes |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Ardent, later Tiger |
Acquired | 14 April 1782 |
Renamed | 28 August 1783 |
Fate | Sold out of the service, 10 June 1784 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Ardent-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 137932⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 44 ft 4.5 in (13.526 m) |
Depth of hold | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 500 officers and men |
Armament |
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HMS Ardent was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built by contract at Blaydes Yard in Hull according to a design by Sir Thomas Slade, and launched on 13 August 1764 as the first ship of the Ardent-class. She had a somewhat turbulent career, being captured by the French in the action of 17 August 1779, and then re-captured by Britain in 1782.[1]