Ardent class ship of the line

Name Ardent Succeeded by Intrepid-class Completed 7		Preceded by Exeter-class In service 13 August 1764 – 1816

Operators Royal Navy French Navy

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.

Design

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

HMS Ardent

Builder: Blades, Hull Ordered: 16 December 1761 Launched: 13 August 1764 Fate: Sold out of the service, 1784

HMS Raisonnable

Builder: Chatham Dockyard Ordered: 11 January 1763 Launched: 10 December 1768 Fate: Broken up, 1815

HMS Agamemnon

Builder: Adams, Bucklers Hard Ordered: 8 April 1777 Launched: 10 April 1781 Fate: Wrecked, 1809

HMS Belliqueux

Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard Ordered: 19 February 1778 Launched: 5 June 1780 Fate: Broken up, 1816

HMS Stately

Builder: Raymond, Northam Ordered: 10 December 1778 Launched: 27 December 1784 Fate: Broken up, 1814

HMS Indefatigable

Builder: Adams, Bucklers Hard Ordered: 3 August 1780 Launched: July 1784 Fate: Broken up, 1816

HMS Nassau

Builder: Hilhouse, Bristol Ordered: 14 November 1782 Launched: 28 September 1785 Fate: Wrecked, 1799