![]() Ardent off Lowestoft on 16 October 1797
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Name | HMS Ardent |
Builder | Pitcher, Northfleet |
Launched | 9 April 1796 |
Acquired | March 1795 (on the stocks)[1] |
Commissioned | May 1796 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Broken up, 1824 |
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Class and type | 64-gun third-rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1,41624⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 43 ft 0 in (13.11 m) |
Depth of hold | 19 ft 10 in (6.05 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
HMS Ardent was a 64–gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 9 April 1796 at Northfleet. She had been designed and laid down for the British East India Company who was going to name her Princess Royal, but the Navy purchased her before launching, for service as a warship in the French Revolutionary War.
Ardent served throughout the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, notably taking part in the Battle of Camperdown, Vlieter Incident, and Battle of Copenhagen. She served frequently in the Baltic Sea during her career, before becoming a prison ship in 1813 and being broken up at Bermuda in 1824.