HMS Ardent (Ship of His Majesty “Ardent”) is a 64-gun battleship of the third rank . The second ship of the Royal Navy , named HMS Ardent . The second battleship of the Crown type , the last type of British 64-gun ships. Laid down in October 1780 . Launched on December 21, 1782 at the Parsons private shipyard in the village of Bursledon [1] .
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| Class and type of vessel | 3 rank battleship like Crown |
| Type of sailing weapon | Three mast ship |
| Organization |  Royal fleet |
| Manufacturer | Parsons, Bursledon |
| Construction started | October 1780 |
| Launched | December 21, 1782 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | exploded in 1794 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1387 tons ( BM ) |
| Gondek length | 160 ft. 5 inches (48.9 m) |
| Keel length | 131 ft. 5 inches (40.06 m) |
| Midship Width | 44 ft. 10 inches (13.67 m) |
| Depth of intrum | 19 feet (5.8 m) |
| Engines | Sail |
| Armament | |
| Gundeck Guns | 26 × 24-fn. guns |
| Guns on the operdek | 26 × 12-fn. guns |
| Guns on the Trench | 10 × 4-fnl. guns |
| Guns on the tank | 2 × 9-fnl. guns |
Content
- 1 Service
- 2 notes
- 3 Literature
- 4 References
Service
In 1784, Ardent , under the command of Captain Harry Harmud, served as a patrol ship in Portsmouth .
At the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars, Ardent was part of the Mediterranean fleet, which in 1793 was in Toulon at the invitation of the royalists, but was forced to leave the city after the attack of the revolutionary forces led by Captain Napoleon Bonaparte , who here marked the beginning of his brilliant career [2] .
In September 1793, as part of the squadron of Robert Linsay, sailed from Toulon to Corsica to support the rebels under the command of General Pasquale Paoli . The squadron made several attacks on the fortified French position, but the British could not inflict significant damage to the enemy until the arrival of additional ships of the Mediterranean fleet and the landing of expeditionary forces under the command of Lieutenant General David Dundas. During one of these attacks, September 30, 1793, Lincey ordered his squadron to fire at Fort Fornelli, but could not cause him significant damage and was forced to retreat. At the same time, the Courageux and Ardent ships were seriously damaged and suffered losses ( Ardent lost 14 people killed and 17 wounded) [3] .
In April 1794, Ardent was near the harbor of Villa Franca in Corsica , watching two French frigates [4] . Presumably, a fire broke out on the ship and it exploded. None of the 500 crew members survived, so there was no one to tell what happened to the ship. Berwick , who sailed through the area to the Gulf of Genoa , discovered the wreckage of the ship, which suggested the fate of Ardent [5] .
Notes
- ↑ B. Lavery. The Ship of the Line - Volume 1. - P. 181.
- ↑ Ships of the Old Navy
- ↑ James, p. 86
- ↑ Gossett (1986), p. four
- ↑ Hepper (1994), p. 76
Literature
- Lavery, B. The Ship of the Line. The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. - Conway Maritime Press, 2003. - Vol. I. - ISBN 0-85177-252-8 .
- David J. Hepper. British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. - Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot, 1994 .-- ISBN 0-7153-7767-1 .
- William James [1] = The Naval History of Great Britain, Volume 1, 1793-1796. - Conway Maritime Press, 2002 [1827]. - ISBN 0-85177-906-9 .
- William Patrick Gossett. The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. - Mansell, 1986. - ISBN 0-7201-1816-6 .
Links
- HMS Ardent // Index of 19th Century Naval Vessels and a few of their movements
- HMS Ardent // Ships of the Old Navy