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{{other ships|Spanish ship Diligente|HMS Diligent}}{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= | Ship caption=
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=Spain | Ship flag= | Ship name=Diligente | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=1756 | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship notes=*Participated in:- Battle of Cape St Vincent
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}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header=title | Ship country=Great Britain | Ship flag= | Ship name=HMS Diligente | Ship ordered= | Ship builder= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship acquired=16 January 1780 | Ship commissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship honours= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=Sold, 1784 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=[1] | Ship class=68-gun third rate ship of the line | Ship tons burthen=1966 tons (1997.5 tonnes) | Ship length=176 ft 4½ in (53.8 m) (gundeck) | Ship beam=49 ft 10 in (15.2 m) | Ship draught= | Ship hold depth=20 ft 7 in (6.3 m) | Ship sail plan=Full rigged ship | Ship propulsion=Sails | Ship complement= | Ship armament=68 guns of various weights of shot | Ship notes=
}} | Diligente was a 68-gun ship of the line of the Spanish Navy, launched in 1756. She fought at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780, where she was captured by the Royal Navy and commissioned as the third rate HMS Diligente. She was sold out of the navy in 1784 and out of Spain. Notes1. ^Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol.1. p. 182.
References{{refbegin}}- 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}}.
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