Saturday, January 7, 2017

Auguste Louis Rossel, Capture of HMS Ardent by the frigates Junon and Gentille

Date: 1790
Technique: Unknown

HMS Ardent was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built by contract by Hugh Blaydes at Hull according to a design by Sir Thomas Slade, and launched on 13 August 1764 as the first ship of the Ardent-class. She had a somewhat turbulent career, being captured by the French in 1779, and then re-captured by Britain in 1782 following the Battle of the Saintes. On 28 August 1783 the ship was renamed Tiger. She was sold out of the service in June 1784.

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