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Diligence Class

NationalityGreat Britain
Nominal Guns16
Approved1795/04/22
Designer 
RateUnrated
TypeSloop
Designed Crew121
Ships in Class8

Design ArmamentBroadside Weight = 262.00 Imperial Pound ( 118.82 kg)BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck16 x British 32-Pound Carronade
Bow Chaser2 x British 6-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed     95' 0"75' 2 ½"28' 1 ½"12' 0"313 5994
Seagull (16) 1795-1805
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
18.3.1795Deptford - London 7.17952.1805Foundered95' 3"75' 4"28' 1 ½"12' 0"317
Diligence (16) 1795-1800
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
18.3.1795Bursledon - Hampshire 16.7.17958.10.1800Wrecked95' 0 ½"75' 1 ½"28' 2 ¾"12' 1 ¼"318 4194
Curlew (16) 1795-1796
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
18.3.1795Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 16.7.179512.1796Foundered95' 1"75' 2 ½"28' 1 ½"12' 0"316 4194
Kangaroo (16) 1795-1802
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
13.7.1795Deptford - London 30.9.17952.1802Sold95' 1"75' 2 ½"28' 2 ½"12' 0"318 3094
Cameleon (16) 1795-1811
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
13.7.1795Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 14.10.17954.1811Broken Up95' 1"75' 1 ½"28' 3"12' 1"318 8594
Racoon (16) 1795-1806
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
13.7.1795Rotherhithe - London - Surrey 14.10.17954.1806Broken Up95' 1"75' 2 ¼"28' 2"12' 1"317 2794
Harpy (16) 1796-1817
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
18.3.1795King's Boatbuilders - Dover 2.179610.9.1817Sold95' 0"75' 1 ⅝"28' 1 ½"12' 0 ½"316 1394
Hound (16) 1796-1800
British 16 Gun
Unrated Sloop
18.3.1795Sandwich - Kent 24.3.179626.9.1800Foundered95' 0"75' 2"28' 1"12' 0"313 3194

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