French Privateer ship of the line 'Le Diamant' (1693)

Three Decks' Forum

Come and ask, answer or inform.

Recent updates

Update
El Diligente (20) 1740-1755
Spanish 20 Gun
Privateer Packet
Added
Tomas VarelaSpanish
Naval Sailor
Privateer
Service 1749-1750
Added
Sir William Legge George Hoste (2^nd Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1830-1866
Update
Henry Negus BurroughesBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1845
Update
Thomas Edward HosteBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1810-1828
Update
Sir William Hoste (1^st Baronet Hoste, of the Navy)British
Naval Sailor
Service 1798-1824
Update
Veteran (64) 1787-1816
British 64 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Update
Thomas ClarkBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1793-1794
Added
Charles InglisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1792
Update
Charles InglisBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1814
See more...

Recent Comments

Ganges (74) 1782-1816
British 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
(1782)
Henry WickhamBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1685-1693
Thomas CamelfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1797-1799
John Clarke SearleBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1780-1811
Gunboat No. 7 (14) 1797-1802
British 14 Gun
Unrated Gunboat
1797 Renamed "Sparkler"
(1797)
Swinger (12) 1794-1802
British 12 Gun
Unrated Gun-brig
(1794)
Gunboat No. 23 (12) 1797-1802
British 12 Gun
Unrated Gunboat
1797 Renamed "Furious"
(1797)
Thomas HopperBritish
Marine
Service 1794-1802
Robert WinthropBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1790-1807
Sir John LawfordBritish
Naval Sailor
Service 1777-1832
See more...

Le Diamant
Nominal Guns	50	ref:692
Nationality	Royaume de France
Operator	Private Owners
Previously	British Fourth Rate ship of the line 'Diamond' (1652) (42) 1652-1693 British 42 Gun 4th Rate Ship of the Line
Captured	20.9.1693	ref:692
Home Port	St Malo - Brittany	ref:692
Shipyard	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	B028
Constructor	Peter PettBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1610-1672	BWAS-1603
Category	Privateer	ref:692
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	ref:692
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	ref:692
Sold	1698	ref:692
Becomes	French Merchant ship of the line 'Le Comte de Maurepas' (1698) (Unknown) 1698 French Unknown Gun Merchant Ship of the Line

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1603
Length of Gundeck127' 6"Imperial Feet38.7152
Length of Keel105' 6"Imperial Feet32.0345
Breadth31' 3"Imperial Feet9.525
Depth in Hold15' 7 ½"Imperial Feet4.5847
Burthen548 ¹⁄₉₄Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentDB002
Length of Keel127' 6"Imperial Feet38.7152
Breadth31' 6"Imperial Feet9.6012
Burthen547Tons BM

Owners

DatesOwnerSource
1693/09/20 - 1698 Principal Managing Ownerref:692
1694 Principal Managing Ownerref:692

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1694337with Captain Vivien de la Villauglanatzref:692
1696300 ref:692

4 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
1694Capitaine de Corsaireref:6921694Capitaine de Corsaireref:692c.1694Capitaine de Corsaireref:15851696Capitaine de Corsaireref:692

Service History

DateEventSource
1694Took the Merchant ref:1585
1694Took the Merchant ref:1585
1694Took the Merchant ref:1585
1694Took the Merchant ref:1585
31.5.1696Took the Merchantman ref:1010
1698

Sold to the Royal South Sea Company .

FWIKI

Previous comments on this pageno comments to display

Make a comment about this page

Recent comments to other pages

Date posted	By	Page
Sunday 14th of June 2026 06:41	Rob Griffith	British Third Rate ship of the line 'Ganges' (1782) (74) 1782-1816 British 74 Gun 3rd Rate Ship of the Line
Sunday 14th of June 2026 04:20	Jon Miller	Henry WickhamBritish Naval Sailor Service 1685-1693
Sunday 14th of June 2026 04:14	Jon Miller	Thomas CamelfordBritish Naval Sailor Service 1797-1799
Sunday 14th of June 2026 04:12	Jon Miller	John Clarke SearleBritish Naval Sailor Service 1780-1811
Sunday 14th of June 2026 04:09	Jon Miller	British gunboat 'Gunboat No. 7' (1797) (14) 1797-1802 British 14 Gun Unrated Gunboat 1797 Renamed "Sparkler"

GDPR Statement