HMS Ardent

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ardent, whilst another two were planned:


 * HMS Ardent (1764) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1764. She was captured by the French in 1779, but was recaptured in 1782 and renamed HMS Tiger. She was sold in 1784.
 * HMS Ardent (1782) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1782. She caught fire and exploded near Corsica in 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) was a wooden paddle sloop launched in 1841 and scrapped in 1865.
 * HMS Ardent was to have been a wooden screw sloop, but she was renamed HMS Rattler (1843) before her launch in 1843.
 * HMS Ardent (1894) was an Ardent-class destroyer torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1894 and broken up in 1911.
 * HMS Ardent (1913) was an Acasta-class destroyer destroyer launched in 1913 and sunk at the battle of Jutland in 1916.
 * HMS Ardent (H41) was an A-class destroyer (1929) destroyer launched in 1929 and sunk in 1940.
 * HMS Ardent (P437) was to have been an Amphion-class submarine, but she was cancelled in 1945.
 * HMS Ardent (F184) was a Type 21 frigate launched in 1975 and sunk in 1982 during the Falklands War.

Battle honours

 * Camperdown 1791
 * Copenhagen 1801
 * Crimea 1854–55
 * Jutland 1916
 * Atlantic 1939–40
 * Norway 1940
 * Scharnhorst 1940
 * Falklands 1982