Name Diligente Acquired 16 January 1780 Launched 1756 | Name HMS Diligente Fate Sold, 1784 | |
Notes Participated inBattle of Cape St Vincent | ||
Diligente was a 68-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy, launched in 1756.
She fought at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780, where she was captured by the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Diligente. She was sold out of the navy in 1784 and out of Spain.
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