Ardent-class destroyer

The Ardent-class torpedo boat destroyers ("Thornycroft 27 kn A class") served with the Royal Navy. Built by Thornycroft, they displaced 265 tons, and were 200 ft long.

The Ardent-class were, except for their armament, identical to the preceding Daring class, being armed with one 12 pounder quick-firing gun forward and five 6-pounder guns, mounted on the broadside and aft, and two torpedo tubes on a revolving mount abaft the two funnels.

Ships

 * HMS Ardent (1894), launched 16 October 1894, sold 1911.
 * HMS Boxer (1894), launched 28 November 1894, lost in collision 8 February 1918.
 * HMS Bruizer (1895), launched 27 February 1895, sold 26 May 1914.