HMS Diadem (1782)

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Career (UK) Royal Navy Ensign
Name: HMS Diadem
Ordered: 5 December 1777
Builder: Chatham Dockyard
Laid down: 2 November 1778
Launched: 19 December 1782
Commissioned: March 1783
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Participated in:

Fate: Broken up at Plymouth, September 1832
General characteristics [1]
Class and type: Intrepid-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1375½ bm
Length: 159 ft 10 in (48.72 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 44 ft 5 in (13.54 m)
Depth of hold: 19 ft (5.8 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Complement: 500
Armament:

64 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

HMS Diadem was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 December 1782 at Chatham.[1] She participated in the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1797.

In 1798 she was converted to serve as a troopship.[1] In 1800 under the command of Post Captain Sir Thomas Livingstone she was employed in the expedition to Quiberon and Belle Île under Sir Edward Pellew, subsequently she was employed in the expedition to Cádiz under Admiral Lord Keith.

Diadem was broken up in September 1832.[1]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 181.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Lyon, David (1993) The Sailing Navy List. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
  • Leask, David (2008) Website on the History of Westquarter


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