Name Diadème Ordered 10 September 1755 Laid down September 1755 Construction started September 1755 Length 55 m | Namesake Diadem Builder Brest Commissioned November 1756 Launched 26 June 1756 | |
Diadème was the lead ship of the Diadème class 74-gun ship of the line of the French Navy.
On 17 March 1757, along with the 64-gun Éveillé, she captured HMS Greenwich, commanded by Captain Robert Roddam, off Saint-Domingue.
In 1780, under Dampierre she was part of La Motte-Piquet's squadron, along with Annibal, Amphion and Réfléchi.
She took part in the naval operations in the American Revolutionary War under de Grasse, notably fighting at the Battle of the Chesapeake.
On 29 September 1792, she was renamed Brutus.
She was razéed down to a 42-gun frigate in May 1794, and took part in the Bataille du 13 prairial an 2 in June, taking the Indomptable in tow.
She was eventually broken up in 1797.
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