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.
HMS ArdentBuilder: Blades, HullOrdered: 16 December 1761Launched: 13 August 1764Fate: Sold out of the service, 1784
HMS RaisonnableBuilder: Chatham DockyardOrdered: 11 January 1763Launched: 10 December 1768Fate: Broken up, 1815
HMS AgamemnonBuilder: Adams, Bucklers HardOrdered: 8 April 1777Launched: 10 April 1781Fate: Wrecked, 1809
HMS BelliqueuxBuilder: Perry, Blackwall YardOrdered: 19 February 1778Launched: 5 June 1780Fate: Broken up, 1816
HMS StatelyBuilder: Raymond, NorthamOrdered: 10 December 1778Launched: 27 December 1784Fate: Broken up, 1814
HMS IndefatigableBuilder: Adams, Bucklers HardOrdered: 3 August 1780Launched: July 1784Fate: Broken up, 1816
HMS NassauBuilder:
Hilhouse, BristolOrdered: 14 November 1782Launched: 28 September 1785Fate: Wrecked, 1799