Ardent-class ship of the line

	A silhouette of an Ardent-class ship of the line
Class overview
Name	Ardent
Operators	Royal Navy; French Navy;
Preceded by	Exeter class
Succeeded by	Intrepid class
In service	13 August 1764 – 1816
Completed	7
Lost	2
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Length	160 ft (49 m) (gundeck); 131 ft 8 in (40.13 m) (keel);
Beam	44 ft 4 in (13.51 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	64 guns:; Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounders; Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounders; Quarterdeck: 10 × 4-pounders; Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounders;
Notes	Ships in class include: Ardent, Raisonnable, Agamemnon, Belliqueux, Stately, Indefatigable, Nassau

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 .

Builder: Blades, Hull

Ordered: 16 December 1761

Launched: 13 August 1764

Fate: Sold out of the service, 1784

Ordered: 11 January 1763

Launched: 10 December 1768

Fate: Broken up, 1815

Builder: Adams, Bucklers Hard

Ordered: 8 April 1777

Launched: 10 April 1781

Fate: Wrecked, 1809

Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard

Ordered: 19 February 1778

Launched: 5 June 1780

Fate: Broken up, 1816

Builder: Raymond, Northam

Ordered: 10 December 1778

Launched: 27 December 1784

Fate: Broken up, 1814

Builder: Adams, Bucklers Hard

Ordered: 3 August 1780

Launched: July 1784

Fate: Broken up, 1816

Builder: Hilhouse, Bristol

Ordered: 14 November 1782

Launched: 28 September 1785

Fate: Wrecked, 1799

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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v t Ardent-class ships of the line
Ardent Raisonnable Agamemnon Belliqueux Stately Indefatigable Nassau
Preceded by: Exeter class Followed by: Intrepid class
List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy

Class overview
A silhouette of an Ardent-class ship of the line
Name	Ardent
Operators	Royal Navy French Navy
Preceded by	Exeter class
Succeeded by	Intrepid class
In service	13 August 1764 – 1816
Completed	7
Lost	2
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Length	160 ft (49 m) (gundeck) 131 ft 8 in (40.13 m) (keel)
Beam	44 ft 4 in (13.51 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	64 guns: Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounders Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounders Quarterdeck: 10 × 4-pounders Forecastle: 2 × 9-pounders
Notes	Ships in class include: Ardent, Raisonnable, Agamemnon, Belliqueux, Stately, Indefatigable, Nassau