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.

Slade based the design of the Ardent-class on the captured French ship Fougueux.

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