Swedish Fifth Rate frigate 'Diana' (1783)

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Diana
Nominal Guns	40	MHVA
Nationality	Sweden
Operator	Swedish Navy
Acquired	19.7.1783	MHVA
First Commissioned	2.9.1783	MHVA
Shipyard	Karlskrona - Blekinge	W006
Ship Class	Bellona Class (1782)	MHVA
Designed by	Frederik Henrik af ChapmanSwedish Designer Ship Builder Service 1762-1785	MHVA
Category	Fifth Rate	MHVA
Ship Type	Frigate	MHVA
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	MHVA
Broken Up	1802	W006

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentW006
Length of Gundeck156' 0"Swedish Aln (Feet)92.6328 (303′ 10″ Imperial)
Breadth40' 0"Swedish Aln (Feet)23.752 (77′ 11″ Imperial)
Depth in Hold17' 6"Swedish Aln (Feet)10.137 (33′ 3″ Imperial)

Armament

1783Broadside Weight = 354 Swedish pound (Skålpund) (331.698 lbs 150.4854 kg)W006
Gun Deck26 Swedish 24-Pounder
Gun Deck14 Swedish 6-Pounder

Service History

DateEventSource
1787

seant to Tangier on ambassadorial mission Sweden

ref:1638

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

MHVALars Bruzelius, Web Site

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

ref:1638Daniel G. Harris, Book

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