HMS Director (1784)
HMS Director was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 9 March 1784 at Gravesend.[1] She was laid down speculatively in November 1779, and ordered by the Navy the following year.
HMS Director | |
History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Director |
Ordered | 2 August 1780 |
Builder | Clevely, Gravesend |
Laid down | November 1779 |
Launched | 9 March 1784 |
Fate | Broken up, Chatham, January 1801 |
Notes |
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General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | 64-gun St Albans-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1388 (bm) |
Length | 159 ft (48.5 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 44 ft 4 in (13.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 18 ft 10 in (5.7 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
In 1797 Director was under the command of Captain William Bligh. In early 1797 he surveyed the Humber, preparing a map of the stretch from Spurn to the west of Sunk Island. In May, the crew mutinied during the Nore mutiny.[2] The mutiny was not triggered by any specific actions by Bligh. On 12 October she took part in the Battle of Camperdown, where she captured the Dutch commander, Vice-Admiral Jan de Winter, and his flagship, Vrijheid.
Notes
- Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 182.
- The Naval Mutinies of 1797
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