HMS Director (1784)

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. She was laid down speculatively in the November of 1779, and ordered by the Navy the following year.

In 1797 "Director", under the command of Captain William Bligh, took part in the Battle of Camperdown.

She was decommissioned in July 1800 and broken up at Chatham in January 1801.

References

*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.
*Winfield, Rif (2005) "British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 - Design, Construction, Careers and Fates." Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.


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