HMS Diligence (1795)

Drawing showing the body plan with stern board outline, sheer lines with scroll figurehead, and longitudinal half-breadth for the Diligence, 1795
History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Diligence
Ordered	4 & 18 March 1795
Builder	John Parsons, Bursledon
Laid down	April 1795
Launched	24 November 1795
Commissioned	26 November 1795 – 20 February 1796
Fate	Wrecked 8 October 1800
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Diligence-class brig-sloop
Type	18-gun brig-sloop
Tons burthen	318 41⁄94 (bm)
Length	Gundeck: 95 ft 0+1⁄2 in (29.0 m) Keel: 75 ft 1+1⁄2 in (22.9 m)
Beam	28 ft 2+3⁄41 in (8.6 m)
Depth of hold	12 ft 1+1⁄4 in (3.7 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	121
Armament	16 × 32-pounder carronades 2 × 6-pounder chase guns

HMS Diligence was the name ship of her class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1795 and lost in 1800. She spent her brief career on the Jamaica station where she captured four armed vessels, one of them after a short engagement, and many small Spanish and French merchant vessels in the Caribbean inter-island and coastal trade.