Ardent-class destroyer

HMS Ardent
Class overview
Name:	Ardent class
Builders:	Thornycroft, Church Wharf, Chiswick
Operators:	Royal Navy
Preceded by:	Ferret class
Succeeded by:	Charger class
In commission:	1894–1918
Completed:	3
Lost:	1
Retired:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Torpedo boat destroyer
Displacement:	265 long tons (269 t)
Length:	200 ft (61 m)
Propulsion:	Triple expansion steam engines Coal-fired water-tube boilers
Armament:	1 × 12-pounder gun 5 × 6-pounder guns 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes

The Ardent-class torpedo boat destroyers ("Thornycroft 27-knot (50 km/h) A class") served with the Royal Navy. Built by Thornycroft, they displaced 265 tons, and were 200 feet (61 m) long.

The Ardent-class were, except for their armament, identical to the preceding Daring class, being armed with one 12-pounder quick-firing gun forward and five 6-pounder guns, mounted on the broadside and aft, and two torpedo tubes on a revolving mount abaft the two funnels.

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