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 .Winfield, p. 100
Ships
Builder: Blades, Hull Ordered: 16 December 1761 Launched: 13 August 1764 Fate: Sold out of the service, 1784
Builder: Chatham Dockyard Ordered: 11 January 1763 Launched: 10 December 1768 Fate: Broken up, 1815
Builder: Adams, Bucklers Hard Ordered: 8 April 1777 Launched: 10 April 1781 Fate: Wrecked, 1809
Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard Ordered: 19 February 1778 Launched: 5 June 1780 Fate: Broken up, 1816
Builder: Raymond, Northam 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: Hilhouse, Bristol Ordered: 14 November 1782 Launched: 28 September 1785 Fate: Wrecked, 1799
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