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Ardent class destroyer

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Name
  
Ardent class

Preceded by
  
Ferret class

In commission
  
1894–1918

Operators
  
Royal Navy

Succeeded by
  
Charger class

Ardent-class destroyer

Builders
  
Thornycroft, Church Wharf, Chiswick

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.

Ships

  • Ardent, launched 16 October 1894, sold 1911.
  • Boxer, launched 28 November 1894, lost in collision 8 February 1918.
  • Bruizer, launched 27 February 1895, sold 26 May 1914.

    • References

    Ardent-class destroyer Wikipedia
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