French corvette 'La Diligente' (1756)

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Georgiana (Unknown) 1791-1813
British Unknown Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
(1791)
United Kingdom (Unknown) 1801-1809
British Unknown Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
(1801)
Walthamstow (Unknown) 1799-1814
British Unknown Gun
Merchant East Indiaman
(1799)
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Merchant East Indiaman
(1799)
Betsy (Unknown) 1793-1802
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(1793)
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Service 1796-1802
Lord Thurlow (Unknown) 1789-1802
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(1789)
Robert WardlawBritish
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Service 1799-1807
William MaxwellBritish
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Service 1809-1821
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La Diligente
Nominal Guns	10	NNF-1715
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Marine Royale
Keel Laid Down	1755	NNF-1715
Launched	1.1756	NNF-1715
First Commissioned	6.1756	NNF-1715
How acquired	Purpose built	NNF-1715
Shipyard	Le Havre - Normandy	NNF-1715
Category	Unrated	NNF-1715
Ship Type	Corvette	NNF-1715
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NNF-1715
Sold	4.1775	NNF-1715

Armament

6.1756Broadside Weight = 15 French Livre (16.188 lbs 7.3425 kg)NNF-1715
Gun Deck10 French 3-Pounder

8.1759Broadside Weight = 24 French Livre (25.9008 lbs 11.748 kg)NNF-1715
Gun Deck2 French 24-Pounder

1760Broadside Weight = 9 French Livre (9.7128 lbs 4.4055 kg)NNF-1715
Gun Deck6 French 3-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
6.175640 NNF-1715

Service History

DateEventSource
8.1759Refitted as a 2 gun Unrated Unknown
1760Refitted as a 6 gun Unrated Corvette

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NNF-1715Alain Demerliac, Book

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