French ship Diligent (1763)
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| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Diligent |
| Namesake | Head of Posts |
| Builder | Lorient[1] |
| Laid down | April 1762[1] |
| Launched | June 1763[1] |
| In service | August 1763[1] |
| Out of service | June 1779[1] |
| Stricken | 21 June 1779[1] |
| Fate | Broken up on 1780[1] |
| Notes | Offered by the Heads of Posts |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1600 tonnes[1] |
| Length | 57.2 metres[1] |
| Beam | 14.0 metres[1] |
| Draught | 6.8 metres[1] |
| Propulsion | Sail, full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 74 guns |
| Armour | Timber |
The 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]
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