HMS Diligent (1777)

HMS *Diligent* (1777)
History
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
Type	Brig
Tons burthen	236 (bm)
Length	88 ft 5+3⁄4 in (27.0 m) (deck)
Beam	24 ft 8 in (7.5 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 10 in (3.3 m)
Complement	HMS:45; USS: 50;
Armament	HMS: 10 × 3-pounder guns; USS: 14 × 4-pounder guns;

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.

^ Silverstone (2001), p.13.
^ Bauer (1970).
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History

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)
Complement	HMS:45^[3] USS: 50
Armament	HMS: 10 × 3-pounder guns USS: 14 × 4-pounder guns