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French ship Diligent (1763)

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

TDiligent 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.

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.

Citations

  1. ^ 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.


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