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Director

HMS Director

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateThird rate
Guns64 guns
WarFrench Revolutionary Wars

64-gun ship, at Camperdown under William Bligh, eight years after the mutiny on the Bounty.

H.M.S. Director 1784 with St Helena in the distance Mounted with PAH0743-PAH0744. Photo: George Lummny, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns
BuilderClevely, Gravesend
Laid downNovember 1779
Launched9 March 1784
Length159 ft (48.5 m) (gundeck)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

9 March 1784

11 October 1797

Captain William Bligh

Fate

Survived

Broken up, Chatham, January 1801