French ship Diligent (1762)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Diligent.

History
France
Name	Diligent
Builder	Lorient [1]
Laid down	April 1762 [1]
Launched	November 1762 [2]
In service	August 1763 [1]
Out of service	June 1779 [1]
Stricken	21 June 1779 [1]
Fate	Broken up on 1780 [1]
General characteristics
Displacement	3000 tonneaux
Tons burthen	1600 port tonneaux
Length	57.2 m (187 ft 8 in) [1]
Beam	14.0 m (45 ft 11 in) [1]
Draught	6.8 m (22 ft 4 in) [1]
Propulsion	Sail, full-rigged ship
Armament	74 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. 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.