| 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. |
Commands listed for HMS Ardent (H 41)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. John Frederick Barker, RN | 14 Oct 1938 | 8 Jun 1940 (+) |
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Noteable events involving Ardent include:
21 Sep 1939
HMS Ardent (Lt.Cdr. J.F. Barker, RN) escorted Convoy OA-7. Ardent took wounded from the British tanker Teakwood aboard after it was torpedoed by the German submarine U-35. Ardent accompanied damaged Teakwood back to Falmouth.
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