Four ships of the

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have been named HMS ''Diomede''. A fifth was planned but never completed: * was a 44-gun

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two-decker launched in 1781 and wrecked in 1795. * was a 50-gun fourth rate built as HMS ''Firm'' but renamed in 1794 and launched in 1798. She was sold in 1815. *HMS ''Diomede'' was to have been a wooden screw sloop, projected in 1866 but cancelled in 1867. * was a

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launched in 1919 and sold in 1946. * was a frigate launched in 1969. She was sold to

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and handed over in 1988, as ''Shamsher''. She served until 2003.

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