HMS Ardent (1841)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ardent.

The design profile of the Chatham-built Alecto-class sloops
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Ardent
Ordered25 February 1939
BuilderChatham Dockyard
Cost£28,593[1]
Laid downFebruary 1840
Launched12 February 1841
Commissioned16 September 1842
Out of service1864
FateBroken up 1865
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeAlecto-class sloop
Displacement878 tons
Tons burthen800 bm
Length
  • 164 ft (50 m) (gundeck)
  • 142 ft 6 in (43.43 m) (keel)
Beam32 ft 8 in (9.96 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 7 in (5.66 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
  • Seaward and Capel 2-cylinder direct-acting steam engine
  • Paddle wheels
Sail planBrig rigged
Speedc. 9 kn (17 km/h)
Armament
  • 2 × 32-pounder (56cwt) pivot guns
  • 2 × 32-pounder (25cwt) guns
H.M. Steam Vessel Ardent - Arriving at Trieste from Alexandria with the Indian Despatches 28 September 1846

HMS Ardent was a wooden Alecto-class paddle sloop, and the fourth ship of the Royal Navy to use the name. She was launched on 12 February 1841 at Chatham and spent much of her career on the West Coast of Africa engaged in anti-slavery operations. One of the ship's company, Gunner John Robarts, was awarded the Victoria Cross for the destruction of Russian food stores in the Crimean War.[2] She was scrapped in 1865.[3]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference RW was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "No. 21971". The London Gazette. 24 February 1857. p. 650.
  3. ^ "HMS Ardent". William Loney background. Retrieved 27 June 2008.