Diomede, 1781
Type: 4th Rate ; Armament 50
Launched : 1781 ;
Disposal date or year : 2 Aug 1795 ; Wrecked by striking on a sunken rock off Trincomal�, Ceylon: crew saved ; Captain Matthew Smith.
Notes:

22 Oct 1794 inconclusive meeting off the Isle-Ronde, Isle of France, between the Centurion, and Diomede, Captain Matthew Smith, and a French squadron composed of the frigates Cyb�le, and Prudente, the 20-gun corvette Jean-Bart, and 14-gun brig-corvette Courier.

23 Jul 1795 joined the Suffolk, Hobart, Centurion, with troop-transports, and departed for Ceylon to take Trincomalee and other Dutch settlements on the Island.

2 Aug 1795 the Diomede, Captain Matthew Smith struck an uncharted rock off Trincomalee and sank, with the loss of all her stores.