HMS Ardent (1764)
History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Ardent |
Ordered | 16 December 1761 |
Builder | Blades, Hull |
Laid down | 15 January 1762 |
Launched | 13 August 1764 |
Commissioned | October 1773 |
Captured | 17 August 1779, by French Navy |
France | |
Name | Ardent |
Acquired | 1779 |
Captured | 14 April 1782, by Royal Navy |
Notes |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Ardent, later Tiger |
Acquired | 14 April 1782 |
Renamed | 28 August 1783 |
Fate | Sold out of the service, 10 June 1784 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Ardent-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 137932⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 44 ft 4.5 in (13.526 m) |
Depth of hold | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 500 officers and men |
Armament |
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HMS Ardent was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built by contract at Blaydes Yard in Hull according to a design by Sir Thomas Slade, and launched on 13 August 1764 as the first ship of the Ardent-class. She had a somewhat turbulent career, being captured by the French in the action of 17 August 1779, and then re-captured by Britain in 1782.[1]
Career
British career
The Ardent was first commissioned in October 1774 under Captain
June 1779 saw Ardent recommissioned under the command of Captain Phillip Boteler, sailing from
With Ardent within range, the French
French career
On 2 May 1780,
She took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781 under Captain Bernard de Marigny.[8]
She took part in the Battle of the Saintes under Captain de Gouzillon.[9] The British re-captured her on 14 April 1782 following the battle, and recommissioned her that month under Captain Richard Lucas. On 28 August 1783 the ship was renamed Tiger. She was sold out of the service in June 1784.[1][2]
Citations
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 178.
- ^ a b c Ships of the Old Navy, Ardent.
- ^ "The Maritime War: The Revolutionary War in Princess Anne County" (PDF). vbgov.com. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
- ^ a b Cole 2009, pages 286-287
- ^ Roche (2005), p. 159.
- ^ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 645.
- ^ Monaque (2000), p. 38.
- ^ Roche (2005), p. 47.
- ^ Contenson (1934), p. 185.
References
- Cole, Gareth (August 2009). "Royal Navy Gunners in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars". The Mariner's Mirror. 95 (3). Greenwich, UK: Society for Nautical Research: 284–295. S2CID 159545931.
- OCLC 7842336.
- Demerliac, Alain (2004). La Marine de Louis XVI: Nomenclature des Navires Français de 1774 à 1792 (in French). Éditions Ancre. ISBN 2-906381-23-3.
- Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion.
- Monaque, Rémi (2000). Les aventures de Louis-René de Latouche-Tréville, compagnon de La Fayette et commandant de l'Hermione (in French). Paris: SPM.
- Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. pp. 325–6. OCLC 165892922.
- Lavery, Brian (2003). The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8..
- Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail: 1714 - 1792. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6..
External links
- Michael Phillips. Ardent (64) (1764). Michael Phillips' Ships of the Old Navy. Retrieved 1 September 2008.