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} |} HMS ''Ardent'' was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 9 April 1796 at Northfleet. She had been designed and laid down for the Honourable East India Company, but the Navy purchased her for service as a warship for the French Revolutionary War.〔Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 186.〕 ==Career== In 1801, ''Ardent'' took part in the Battle of Copenhagen. On 28 November 1803, ''Ardent'' gave chase to the corvette ''Bayonnaise'' in Finisterre Bay. The corvette's crew ran her ashore and then set fire to her prevent the British from capturing her. Captain Winthrop of ''Ardent'' described ''Bayonnaise'' as a frigate of 32 guns and 220 men, which had been sailing from Havana to Ferrol. Actually, ''Bayonnaise'' was armed ''en flute'' with only six 8-pounder guns, and was returning from the Antilles.〔Winfield and Roberts (2015), p.172.〕 In 1808 she was assigned to convoy duty, escorting British merchantmen between The Nore and Gothenburg.〔Barney (2009), p.436.〕 She was placed on harbour service in 1812, and broken up in 1824.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Ardent (1796)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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