History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Diligent |
Builder | America |
Acquired | 1777 by purchase |
Captured | 7 May 1779 |
Name | USS Diligent |
Acquired | By capture May 1779 |
Fate | Scuttled August 1779 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Brig |
Tons burthen | 236 (bm) |
Length | 88 ft 5+3⁄4 in (27.0 m)[2] (deck) |
Beam | 24 ft 8 in (7.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 10 ft 10 in (3.3 m) |
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HMS Diligent was a brig the Royal Navy purchased in 1777. The Continental Navy captured her in May 1779 and took her into service as the USS Diligent. She then participated in the disastrous Penobscot Expedition where her crew had to scuttle her in August to prevent her capture.