HMS Diomede (1781)
HMS Diomede was a 44-gun fifth rate built by James Martin Hillhouse and launched at Bristol on 18 October 1781. She belonged to the Roebuck class of vessels specially built during the American Revolutionary War for service in the shallow American coastal waters. As a two-decker, she had two complete batteries of guns, one on the upper deck and the other on the lower deck. Diomede was wrecked in 1795 off Trincomalee, Ceylon, during the campaign to capture Trincomalé.
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HMS Diomede (1781)
HMS Diomede was a 44-gun fifth rate built by James Martin Hillhouse and launched at Bristol on 18 October 1781. She belonged to the Roebuck class of vessels specially built during the American Revolutionary War for service in the shallow American coastal waters. As a two-decker, she had two complete batteries of guns, one on the upper deck and the other on the lower deck. Diomede was wrecked in 1795 off Trincomalee, Ceylon, during the campaign to capture Trincomalé.
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Die Diomede war ein 44-Kanonen ...... or dem Aushungern zu bewahren.
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HMS Diomede was a 44-gun fifth ...... ampaign to capture Trincomalé.
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1782-03-14
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1779-08-14
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1781-10-18
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Struck a rock on 2 August 1795 and sank almost immediately
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*Upper deck: 22 x ...... guns
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Die Diomede war ein 44-Kanonen ...... r als “Fifth rate” eingestuft.
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HMS Diomede was a 44-gun fifth ...... ampaign to capture Trincomalé.
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