Ardent class ship of the line
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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
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Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
were a class of seven 64-gun third rates, designed for the Royal Navy
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
by Sir Thomas Slade
Thomas Slade
Sir Thomas Slade was an English naval architect, most famous for designing HMS Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.-Career Outline:...
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Design
Slade based the design of the Ardent-class on the captured French ship .Ships
- Builder: Blades, HullKingston upon HullKingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...
- Ordered: 16 December 1761
- Launched: 13 August 1764
- Fate: Sold out of the service, 1784
- Builder: Chatham DockyardChatham DockyardChatham Dockyard, located on the River Medway and of which two-thirds is in Gillingham and one third in Chatham, Kent, England, came into existence at the time when, following the Reformation, relations with the Catholic countries of Europe had worsened, leading to a requirement for additional...
- Ordered: 11 January 1763
- Launched: 10 December 1768
- Fate: Broken up, 1815
- Builder: Adams, Bucklers HardBucklers HardBucklers Hard is a hamlet situated on the banks of the Beaulieu River in the English county of Hampshire.- Overview :With its Georgian cottages running down to the river, Bucklers Hard is part of the 9,000 acre Beaulieu Estate...
- Ordered: 8 April 1777
- Launched: 10 April 1781
- Fate: Wrecked, 1809
- Builder: Perry, Blackwall YardBlackwall YardBlackwall Yard was a shipyard on the Thames at Blackwall, London, engaged in ship building and later ship repairs for over 350 years. The yard closed in 1987...
- Ordered: 19 February 1778
- Launched: 5 June 1780
- Fate: Broken up, 1816
- Builder: Raymond, NorthamNorthamNortham is the name of a number of places around the world:* Northam, Devon - a town in Devon, England.* Northam railway station* Northam, Hampshire - A district of the city of Southampton, England...
- Ordered: 10 December 1778
- Launched: 27 December 1784
- Fate: Broken up, 1814
- Builder: Adams, Bucklers Hard
- Ordered: 3 August 1780
- Launched: July 1784
- Fate: Broken up, 1816
- Builder: HilhouseHilhouseHilhouse was a shipbuilder in Bristol, England who built merchantman and men-of-war during the 18th and 19th centuries...
, BristolBristolBristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007... - Ordered: 14 November 1782
- Launched: 28 September 1785
- Fate: Wrecked, 1799