HMS Diomede (1798)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Diomede
Ordered	9 December 1790
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	October 1792
Launched	17 January 1798
Commissioned	March 1798
Renamed	Built as Firm; Renamed Diomede on 29 December 1797;
Fate	Broken Up August 1815
General characteristics
Class and type	Diomede-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1,122 53⁄94 (bm)
Length	151 ft 1.5 in (46.1 m) (gundeck); 124 ft 7+7⁄8 in (38.0 m) (keel);
Beam	41 ft 1+3⁄4 in (12.5 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 7 in (5.4 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	343
Armament	Lower gundeck: 22 × 24-pounder guns; Upper gundeck: 22 × 12-pounder guns; QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns; Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns;

HMS Diomede was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Diomede class of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1798.

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