HMS Ardent (1782)

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Naval Ensign of Great Britain (1707-1800).svg Great Britain
NameHMS Ardent
Ordered9 September 1779
BuilderStaves & Parsons, Bursledon
Laid downOctober 1780
Launched21 December 1782
FateBlown up, 1794
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Crown-class ship of the line
Type Third rate
Tons burthen1387 (bm)
Length160 ft 5 in (48.9 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 10 in (13.7 m)
Depth of hold19 ft 3+1⁄2 in (5.9 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

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] She disappeared in 1794, believed lost to a fire and explosion.

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Career

In 1784 she was under the command of Captain Harry Harmood, serving as a guard ship at Portsmouth.

In 1793 she was under the command of Captain Robert Manners Sutton, sailing with Vice-Admiral 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, 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 that suggested fire and an explosion. [3] A part of Ardent's quarter deck with some gunlocks deeply embedded in it was found floating in the area, as was splinter netting driven into planking. [3] No trace was ever found of her crew of 500. [2]

Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle of Ardent Ardent (1782); Crown (1782); Scipio (1782); Veteran (1787) RMG J3379.jpg
Plan showing the quarterdeck and forecastle of Ardent

Citations

  1. 1 2 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 181.
  2. 1 2 Gosset (1986), p. 4.
  3. 1 2 Hepper (1994), p. 76.

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