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FCDI Diligente

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Diligente, 32 Guns

Ship of the Compagnie des Indes

Details

Nationality	French
Laid Down	December 1755
Launched	28 April 1756
Rate	Fourth Rate
Shipyard	L'Orient
Constructor	Jacques-Luc Coulomb
In Service	November 1756
Out Service	January 1782	B057
Fate	Wrecked	B057

Dimensions

Gun Deck	Keel	Beam	Draught F/A	Burthen	Source
121' 0"		31' 8"	13' 6"/14' 6"	520

Armament

Date	Crew	Guns	Upper Gundeck	Quarterdeck	Forecastle	B/S Weight	Source
1756	160	32	26 x 8	4 x 6	2 x 6
1756	160	32					001
1760	89						001

Commanders

Date From	Date to	Name	Source
31 December 1756	1 March 1759	Macé Marion-Dufresne	001
29 February 1760	16 April 1761	Pierre-Léon Maugueret	001

Officers

Date From

Date To

Rank/Position

Name

Source

Service record

31 December 1756	Commissioned at L'Orient	001
3 May 1756	Sailed form L'Orient for India	001
29 April 1758	Missed the Battle of Cuddalore as she was still in port and didn't sally until the action was nearly over	B040
29 February 1760	Commissioned at L'Orient for India	001
16 April 1761	Decommissioned at Brest	001
September 1761	Sold to la Marine Royale as a frigate
October 1780	In company with Aimable, took three British privateer cutters, Alert, Tartar, and Jersey, in the Bay of Biscay	B040
30 July 1781	In company with Glorieux (74), chased Guadaloupe (28) and Loyalist (16) off Cape Henry, Loyalist (16) was taken	B040
January 1782	Wrecked on Cape Henry

Actions & Battles

Date		Source
3 August 1758	Battle of Negapatam	B057
10 September 1759	Battle of Pondicherry	B057

Notes

Sources

001	French site on the Compagnie des indes' ships
B040	The Royal Navy - Vol III	William Laird Clowes
B057	British Warships In The Age Of Sail 1714-1792	Rif Winfield

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