Class overview | |
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Name: | Ardent |
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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 |
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Beam: | 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m) |
Propulsion: | Sails |
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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.