Name Diligent Builder Lorient In service August 1763 Construction started April 1762 Length 57 m Draft 6.8 m | Namesake Head of Posts Laid down April 1762 Out of service June 1779 Launched June 1763 Weight 1,600 tons | |
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.
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.
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