History
French Navy EnsignFrance
NameDiligent
NamesakeHead of Posts
BuilderLorient[1]
Laid downApril 1762[1]
LaunchedJune 1763[1]
In serviceAugust 1763[1]
Out of serviceJune 1779[1]
Stricken21 June 1779[1]
FateBroken up on 1780[1]
NotesOffered by the Heads of Posts
General characteristics
Displacement1600 tonnes[1]
Length57.2 metres[1]
Beam14.0 metres[1]
Draught6.8 metres[1]
PropulsionSail, full-rigged ship
Armament74 guns
ArmourTimber

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]

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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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