French ship Diligent (1762)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Diligent.
History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameDiligent
BuilderLorient[1]
Laid downApril 1762[1]
LaunchedNovember 1762[2]
In serviceAugust 1763[1]
Out of serviceJune 1779[1]
Stricken21 June 1779[1]
FateBroken up on 1780[1]
General characteristics
Displacement1,600 tonnes[1]
Length57.2 m (187 ft 8 in)[1]
Beam14.0 m (45 ft 11 in)[1]
Draught6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)[1]
PropulsionSail, full-rigged ship
Armament74 guns

Diligent was a 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy. She was funded by a don des vaisseaux donation from the headmasters of the Posts, and built on a design by Antoine Groignard.[1]

From 1773, she was part of the Saint Malo squadron. She was ordered demolished after only six years, and broken up in Brest in 1780.[1]

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 151. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  2. ^ Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2017). French warships in the age of sail 1626-1786: design, construction, careers and fates. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Seaforth Publishing. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-4738-9351-1.


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