HMS Ardent (1782)
| Career (Great Britain) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Ardent |
| Ordered: | 9 September 1779 |
| Builder: | Staves & Parsons, Bursledon |
| Laid down: | October 1780 |
| Launched: | 21 December 1782 |
| Fate: | Blown up, 1794 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Crown-class ship of the line |
| Type: | Third rate |
| Tons burthen: | 1387 tons (1409.3 tonnes) |
| Length: | 160 ft 5 in (48.90 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 44 ft 10 in (13.67 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 3.5 in (5.880 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
64 guns:
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HMS Ardent was a Royal Navy 64-gun third rate. This ship of the line was launched on 21 December 1782 at Bursledon, Hampshire.[1]
In 1784 she was under the command of Captain Hart Harmood, serving as a guard ship at Portsmouth.
In 1793 she was under the command of Captain Robert Manners Sutton, sailing with Vice Ad. Lord Hood at Toulon in August. She was part of a force detached under Robert Linzee to take part in the attack on Corsica in September.
Fate
In April 1794 Ardent was stationed off the harbour of Villa Franca, Corsica, to watch two French frigates.[2] It is presumed that she caught fire and blew up. Berwick encountered some wreckage while cruising in the Gulf of Genoa in the summer. A part of Ardent's quarter deck with some gunlocks deeply embedded in it was found floating in the area.[2] The nature of Ardent's demise was made clear by the damage visible.[3] No trace was ever found of her crew of 500.[2]
References
- Gossett, William Patrick (1986). The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. Mansell. ISBN 0-7201-1816-6.
- 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.
- Michael Phillips. Ardent (64) (1782). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 16 August 2007.
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