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HMS Ardent (1841)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ardent.
HMS Ardent was a wooden Alecto-class paddle sloop, and the fourth ship of the Royal Navy to use the name. She was launched on 12 February 1841 at Chatham and spent much of her career on the West Coast of Africa engaged in anti-slavery operations. One of the ship's company, Gunner John Robarts, was awarded the Victoria Cross for the destruction of Russian food stores in the Crimean War.[2] She was scrapped in 1865.[3]
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Name | HMS Ardent |
Ordered | 25 February 1939 |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Cost | £28,593[1] |
Laid down | February 1840 |
Launched | 12 February 1841 |
Commissioned | 16 September 1842 |
Out of service | 1864 |
Fate | Broken up 1865 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Alecto-class sloop |
Displacement | 878 tons |
Tons burthen | 800 bm |
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Beam | 32 ft 8 in (9.96 m) |
Depth of hold | 18 ft 7 in (5.66 m) |
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Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Brig rigged |
Speed | c. 9 kn (17 km/h) |
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