HMS Ardent

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ardent, whilst another two were planned:

• HMS Ardent (1764) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1764. She was captured by the French in 1779, but was recaptured in 1782 and renamed HMS Tiger. She was sold in 1784.
• HMS Ardent (1782) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1782. She caught fire and exploded near Corsica in 1794.
• HMS Ardent (1796) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1796. She was used for harbour service from 1812 and was broken up in 1824.
• HMS Ardent (1841) was a wooden paddle sloop launched in 1841 and scrapped in 1865.
• HMS Ardent was to have been a wooden screw sloop, but she was renamed HMS Rattler before her launch in 1843.
• HMS Ardent (1894) was an Ardent-class torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1894 and broken up in 1911.
• HMS Ardent (1913) was an Acasta-class destroyer launched in 1913 and sunk at the battle of Jutland in 1916.
• HMS Ardent (H41) was an A-class destroyer launched in 1929 and sunk in 1940.
• HMS Ardent (P437) was to have been an Amphion-class submarine, but she was cancelled in 1945.
• HMS Ardent (F184) was a Type 21 frigate launched in 1975 and sunk in 1982 during the Falklands War.

Battle honours

• Camperdown 1791
• Copenhagen 1801
• Crimea 1854–55
• Jutland 1916
• Atlantic 1939–40
• Norway 1940
• Scharnhorst 1940
• Falklands 1982

See also

HMAS Ardent

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.