Ardent-class ship of the line

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 HMS Fougueux (1747).

Ships

 * HMS Ardent (1764)
 * Builder: Blades, Hull
 * Ordered: 16 December 1761
 * Launched: 13 August 1764
 * Fate: Sold out of the service, 1784


 * HMS Raisonnable (1768)
 * Builder: Chatham Dockyard
 * Ordered: 11 January 1763
 * Launched: 10 December 1768
 * Fate: Broken up, 1815


 * HMS Agamemnon (1781)
 * Builder: Adams, Bucklers Hard
 * Ordered: 8 April 1777
 * Launched: 10 April 1781
 * Fate: Wrecked, 1809


 * HMS Belliqueux (1780)
 * Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard
 * Ordered: 19 February 1778
 * Launched: 5 June 1780
 * Fate: Broken up, 1816


 * HMS Stately (1784)
 * Builder: Raymond, Northam
 * Ordered: 10 December 1778
 * Launched: 27 December 1784
 * Fate: Broken up, 1814


 * HMS Indefatigable (1784)
 * Builder: Adams, Bucklers Hard
 * Ordered: 3 August 1780
 * Launched: July 1784
 * Fate: Broken up, 1816


 * HMS Nassau (1785)
 * Builder: Hilhouse, Bristol
 * Ordered: 14 November 1782
 * Launched: 28 September 1785
 * Fate: Wrecked, 1799