HMS Diligence (1756)
Diligence | |
| History | |
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| Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Diligence |
| Ordered | 23 February 1756 |
| Builder | William Wells & Company, Deptford |
| Laid down | 18 March 1756 |
| Launched | 29 July 1756 |
| Completed | 26 September 1756 at Deptford Dockyard |
| Commissioned | August 1756 |
| In service | 1756–1780 |
| Renamed | HMS Comet from 27 August 1779 |
| Fate | Sold out of service, Sheerness Dockyard, 1780 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | 10-gun Alderney-class sloop |
| Tons burthen | 236 46⁄94 bm |
| Length |
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| Beam | 24 ft 8 in (7.5 m) |
| Draught | 6 ft 1.5 in (1.9 m) |
| Depth of hold | 10 ft 10 in (3.3 m) |
| Sail plan | ship rig |
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HMS Diligence was a 10-gun Alderney-class sloop of the Royal Navy which saw active service during the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. Launched in 1756, she was a successful privateer hunter off the coast of France before being reassigned to North American waters in 1763. Fifteen years later she was briefly refitted as a receiving ship for press ganged sailors brought into Sheerness Dockyard, before being re-registered in August 1779 as the fireship Comet.
In December 1780 she was sold into private hands at Sheerness Dockyard for £300.