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.
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Name: | HMS Director |
Ordered: | 2 August 1780 |
Builder: | Clevely, Gravesend |
Laid down: | November 1779 |
Launched: | 9 March 1784 |
Fate: | Broken up, Chatham, January 1801 |
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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 |
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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.

H.M.S. Director 1784, at St Helena with a view of Jamestown
Notes
- Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 182.
- The Naval Mutinies of 1797
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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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