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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...
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  • 1794. HMS Ardent (1796) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1796. She was used for harbour service from 1812 and was broken up in 1824. HMS Ardent (1841)...
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  • was last listed in 1816. HMS Rattler (1843) was a wood screw sloop launched in 1843. It had been planned to name her HMS Ardent, but this was dropped in...
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  • HMS York was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 24 March 1796. She served briefly in the West Indies where she captured...
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    HMS Monmouth was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 April 1796 at Rotherhithe. She had been designed and laid down...
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    Raisonnable was built to the same lines as HMS Ardent, and was one of the seven ships forming the Ardent class of 1761. Raisonnable was the first ship...
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    HMS Beagle was a Cherokee-class 10-gun brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, one of more than 100 ships of this class. The vessel, constructed at a cost of £7...
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    The Ships of Trafalgar, p. 131. Deane (1796), pp.308-312. Deane (1796), p.278. Dr. Nasti, Atilio (2001). HMS Agamemnon. Retrieved 29 November 2008. Rogerson...
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    HMS Indefatigable was one of the Ardent-class 64-gun third-rate ships-of-the-line designed by Sir Thomas Slade in 1761 for the Royal Navy. She was built...
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    Treaty of Amiens captain Winthrop received command of the Ship of the line HMS Ardent (64). With this ship he drove the French corvette Bayonnaise on the beach...
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  • Ambuscade, Arrow, Alacrity, Ardent and Avenger – launched from 1971 to 1975 List of frigate classes of the Royal Navy HMS Amazon This article includes...
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    Navy personnel, 22 were lost in HMS Ardent, 19 + 1 lost in HMS Sheffield, 19 + 1 lost in HMS Coventry and 13 lost in HMS Glamorgan. Fourteen naval cooks...
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  • appointment to command the 64-gun HMS Ardent in the North Sea. Nelson wrote to congratulate Bertie, calling the Ardent 'the finest man-of-war upon her decks...
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  • ships. In 1803, he was aboard HMS Ardent (1796) chasing the French corvette Bayonnaise in Finisterre Bay, Spain, and was on HMS Avon (1805) when it captured...
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    captain in June 1795, Donnelly was given HMS Pegasus in which he participated in the action of 12 May 1796. Ross Donnelly was born in 1764, son of Francis...
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    engaging the batteries of San Fiorenzo by contrary winds. During the night, HMS Ardent was warped into a position where, at 03:30 on 1 October, she was able...
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    Miller was sent to England and entered the navy in 1778, serving aboard HMS Ardent with the fleet under Rear-Admiral James Gambier. He later served during...
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    A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways. Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Company. "HMS Ontario (Post-Revoluntary War Great Lakes British Brig-Sloop of War)". Doran...
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    the Royal Navy's HMS Albion. HMS Ardent ( Royal Navy): The 64-gun third rate was captured on 17 August by the French Navy's Junon. HMS Ariel ( Royal Navy):...
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    Peter Heywood (category HMS Bounty mutineers)
    Christian, a relative of Fletcher Christian. In January 1796, Heywood was appointed third lieutenant to HMS Fox and sailed with her to the East Indies. He was...
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    boats had gone about their work Hood had ordered HMS Robust under Captain George Elphinstone and HMS Leviathan under Captain Benjamin Hallowell to evacuate...
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    these was HMS Ardent, which ushered in the Ardent-class. Slade also designed smaller vessels, such as the 10-gun Board of Customs cutter, HMS Sherborne...
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    signals from the flagship Venerable, which led the division with HMS Triumph and Ardent close behind. This force was aiming for the Dutch flagship, Vrijheid...
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    Yard), gaining promotion to captain at the end of this tour. Perry had an ardent interest in and saw the need for naval education, supporting an apprentice...
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    Commander of HMS St. Albans, 61 guns 1774 Commander of HMS Ardent, 64 guns 1775 Commander of HMS Isis (1774), 50 guns, Quebec 1776 Commodore in charge...
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    HMS Glatton was a 56-gun fourth rate of the Royal Navy. Wells & Co. of Blackwell launched her on 29 November 1792 for the British East India Company (EIC)...
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    Toulon in November. Elsewhere in the Mediterranean, the ship of the line HMS Ardent disappeared on patrol off Villefranche-sur-Mer in April, presumed lost...
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    sloop Shark, the 24-gun frigate HMS Hind, the third-rate HMS Sultan under Vice-Admiral Lord Shuldham, and then in HMS Ardent under his uncle's flag. Lord...
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    64-gun HMS Ardent on 17 June 1786, joining her as an able seaman. His service on Ardent was short-lived, on 20 September he joined the 32-gun HMS Solebay...
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    1783. Ardent 64 (ex-British Ardent, captured 1779) – recaptured by the British in the Battle of the Saintes in April 1782 and added to the RN as HMS Tiger...
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