HMS Indefatigable (1784)

Indefatigable joining her squadron offshore, circa 1800, John Thomas Serres
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Indefatigable
Ordered	3 August 1780
Builder	Henry Adams, Bucklers Hard
Laid down	May 1781
Launched	July 1784
Commissioned	December 1794
Honours and awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasps: "Indefatigable 20 Apl. 1796"[1] "Indefatigable 13 Jany. 1797"[1] "16 July Boat Service 1806"[2] "Basque Roads 1809"[3]
Fate	Broken up at Chatham, March 1816
Notes	Razeed to 44 guns between September 1794 and February 1795
General characteristics [4]
Class and type	Ardent-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1384+3⁄94 (bm)
Length	160 ft 1+1⁄4 in (48.8 m) (gundeck); 131 ft 10+3⁄4 in (40.2 m) (keel)
Beam	44 ft 5 in (13.5 m)
Depth of hold	19 ft (5.8 m) (as frigate, 13 ft 3 in (4.0 m))
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	310 officers and men (as frigate)
Armament	As built: Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns Upper gun deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns As frigate: Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns QD: 8 × 12-pounder guns + 4 × 42-pounder carronades Fc: 4 × 12-pounder guns + 2 × 42-pounder carronades

HMS Indefatigable was one of the Ardent-class 64-gun third-rate ships-of-the-line designed by Sir Thomas Slade in 1761 for the Royal Navy. She was built as a ship-of-the-line, but most of her active service took place after her conversion to a 44-gun razee frigate. She had a long career under several distinguished commanders, serving throughout the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. She took some 27 prizes, alone or in company, and the Admiralty authorised the issue of four clasps to the Naval General Service Medal in 1847 to any surviving members of her crews from the respective actions.^[1][2][3] She was broken up in 1816.