| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | A |
| Pennant | H 41 |
| Built by | Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) |
| Ordered | 6 Mar, 1928 |
| Laid down | 30 Jul, 1928 |
| Launched | 26 Jun, 1929 |
| Commissioned | 14 Apr, 1930 |
| Lost | 8 Jun, 1940 |
| Loss position | |
| History | HMS Ardent (Lt.Cdr. John Frederick Barker, RN) was sunk on 8 June 1940 while defending the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious from the German battlecruiser Gneisernau and Scharnhorst.
Two men were rescued by a German seaplane 5 days after the ship was sunk. One subsequently died in hospital leaving just one survivor, Able Seaman Roger Hooke (stationed at X-gun) who was repatriated in 1943 due to ill health. Commanding Officer: |
| Noteable events involving Ardent include: 21 Sep, 1939 |