British Diligence Class

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Diligence Class

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 262.00 Imperial Pound ( 118.82 kg)		BWAS-1793
Upper Gun Deck	16 x British 32-Pound Carronade
Bow Chaser	2 x British 6-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed						95' 0"	75' 2 ½"	28' 1 ½"	12' 0"	313 ⁵⁹⁄₉₄
Seagull (16) 1795-1805 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	18.3.1795	Deptford - London	7.1795	2.1805	Foundered	95' 3"	75' 4"	28' 1 ½"	12' 0"	317
Diligence (16) 1795-1800 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	18.3.1795	Bursledon - Hampshire	16.7.1795	8.10.1800	Wrecked	95' 0 ½"	75' 1 ½"	28' 2 ¾"	12' 1 ¼"	318 ⁴¹⁄₉₄
Curlew (16) 1795-1796 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	18.3.1795	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	16.7.1795	12.1796	Foundered	95' 1"	75' 2 ½"	28' 1 ½"	12' 0"	316 ⁴¹⁄₉₄
Kangaroo (16) 1795-1802 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	13.7.1795	Deptford - London	30.9.1795	2.1802	Sold	95' 1"	75' 2 ½"	28' 2 ½"	12' 0"	318 ³⁰⁄₉₄
Cameleon (16) 1795-1811 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	13.7.1795	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	14.10.1795	4.1811	Broken Up	95' 1"	75' 1 ½"	28' 3"	12' 1"	318 ⁸⁵⁄₉₄
Racoon (16) 1795-1806 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	13.7.1795	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	14.10.1795	4.1806	Broken Up	95' 1"	75' 2 ¼"	28' 2"	12' 1"	317 ²⁷⁄₉₄
Harpy (16) 1796-1817 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	18.3.1795	King's Boatbuilders - Dover	2.1796	10.9.1817	Sold	95' 0"	75' 1 ⅝"	28' 1 ½"	12' 0 ½"	316 ¹³⁄₉₄
Hound (16) 1796-1800 British 16 Gun Unrated Sloop	18.3.1795	Sandwich - Kent	24.3.1796	26.9.1800	Foundered	95' 0"	75' 2"	28' 1"	12' 0"	313 ³¹⁄₉₄

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