&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Diamond_(1774),_Orpheus_(1774)_RMG_J6078.jpg) Diamond
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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Diamond |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Ordered | 25 December 1770 |
| Builder | Hodgson & Co., Hull |
| Laid down | May 1771 |
| Launched | 28 May 1774 |
| Completed | 13 June 1774 |
| Commissioned | May 1776 |
| Fate | Sold, December 1784. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Lowestoffe-class frigate |
| Tons burthen | 709 76⁄94 (bm) |
| Length | 130 ft 6 in (39.78 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft 1 in (10.69 m) |
| Depth of hold | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Complement | 220 |
| Armament | |
The fourth HMS Diamond was a modified Lowestoffe-class fifth-rate frigate ordered in 1770, launched in 1774, but did not begin service until 1776. Diamond served off the eastern North American coast and shared in the capture at least one brig during the American Revolutionary War. The frigate was paid off in 1779, but returned to service the same year after being coppered. Diamond sailed to the West Indies in 1780, was paid off a final time in 1783 and sold in 1784.