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==Service==
==Service==
''Ardent'' was reduced to Reserve at Malta on 31 January, 1931.{{NLJul31|p. 216}}
''Ardent'' was reduced to Reserve at Malta on 31 January, 1931.{{NLJul31|p. 216}}
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 18 October, 1932 for service with the {{UK-DF|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLJul34|p. 215}}
Re-commissioned at Chatham on 23 July, 1935 for service with the {{UK-DF|3}} in the Mediterranean.{{NLOct35|p. 216}}
Re-commissioned in reserve at Chatham on 16 June, 1937.{{NLJul37|p. 216}}
''Ardent'' was re-commissioned at Chatham on 20 April, 1938.{{NLMay39|p. 256}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Henry Clanchy|nick=Henry Clanchy|appt=2 December, 1929<ref>Clanchy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/180.|}} f. 180.</ref>|end=18 April, 1930<ref>Clanchy Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/180.|}} f. 180.</ref>|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Rudolph Ernest Wilbraham Perryman|nick=Cecil R. E. W. Perryman|appt=19 April, 1930<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>|end=6 November, 1930<ref>Perryman Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/117.|D7604872}} f. 125.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Charles Maurice Blackman|nick=Charles M. Blackman|appt=4 November, 1931<ref>Blackman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/336.|D7863939}} f. ?.</ref>|end=18 December, 1931<ref>Blackman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/52/336.|D7863939}} f. ?.  Date may be 19th.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Christopher Hildyard Ringrose|nick=Christopher H. Ringrose|appt=27 November, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 215}}|end=December, 1933}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Geoffrey Alan Brooke Hawkins|nick=Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins|appt=December, 1933<ref>Hawkins Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/153.|}} f. 153.</ref>|end=10 December, 1934<ref>Hawkins Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/117/153.|}} f. 153.  Date not easily read.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Cecil Buller Turner|nick=Cecil B. Turner|appt=23 July, 1935{{NLOct35|p. 215}}|end=6 May, 1936<ref>Turner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/118/22.|}} f. 22.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=George Devereux Belben|nick=George D. Belben|appt=c. late May, 1936{{NavAppts|Friday, May 08, 1936; pg. 10; Issue 47369}}|end=|note=cancelled 18 May}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Godfrey Noel Brewer|nick=Godfrey N. Brewer|appt=|end=c. October, 1938{{ToL|Destroyer Commands|17 Oct. 1938, p. 25}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=John Frederick Barker|nick=John F. Barker|appt=24 September, 1938{{NLMay39|p. 256}}|end=8 June, 1940{{UBAllyWarship|4345}}|succBy=Vessel Lost|note=killed when ship lost under his command}}
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Latest revision as of 14:07, 3 January 2022

H.M.S. Ardent (1929)
Pendant Number: H41
Builder: Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company
Laid down: 30 Jul, 1928
Launched: 26 Jun, 1929
Commissioned: 14 Apr, 1930
Sunk: 8 Jun, 1940

H.M.S. Ardent was one of eleven "A" Class destroyers completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Ardent was reduced to Reserve at Malta on 31 January, 1931.[1]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 18 October, 1932 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[2]

Re-commissioned at Chatham on 23 July, 1935 for service with the Third Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean.[3]

Re-commissioned in reserve at Chatham on 16 June, 1937.[4]

Ardent was re-commissioned at Chatham on 20 April, 1938.[5]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 216.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 215.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 216.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 216.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 256.
  6. ↑ Clanchy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/180. f. 180.
  7. ↑ Clanchy Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/180. f. 180.
  8. ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  9. ↑ Perryman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/117. f. 125.
  10. ↑ Blackman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/336. f. ?.
  11. ↑ Blackman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/336. f. ?. Date may be 19th.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 215.
  13. ↑ Hawkins Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/153. f. 153.
  14. ↑ Hawkins Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/117/153. f. 153. Date not easily read.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 215.
  16. ↑ Turner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/118/22. f. 22.
  17. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, May 08, 1936; pg. 10; Issue 47369.
  18. ↑ "Destroyer Commands." The Times (London, England), 17 Oct. 1938, p. 25.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 256.
  20. ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.


"A" and "B" Class Destroyer
"A" Class Leader
  Codrington  
Destroyers
  Acasta Achates Active Antelope  
  Anthony Ardent Arrow Acheron  
Canadian Destroyers
  Saguenay Skeena  
"B" Class Leader
  Keith  
Destroyers
  Basilisk Beagle Blanche Boadicea  
  Boreas Brazen Brilliant Bulldog  
<– Modified "W" Class Destroyers (UK) "C" and "D" Class –>


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