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.
== Ships == 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
Citations
== References == Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8. Winfield, Rif (2007). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714–1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.