HMS Dictator (1783)

Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Dictator (1783). The plan may represent her as built in 1783.
History
Great Britain
NameHMS Dictator
Ordered21 October 1778
BuilderBatson, Limehouse
Laid downMay 1780
Launched6 January 1783
Honours &
awards
FateBroken up in 1817
General characteristics
Class & typeInflexible-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1379 (bm)
Length159 ft (48 m) (gundeck)
Beam44 ft 4 in (13.51 m)
Depth of hold18 ft 10 in (5.74 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • Gundeck: 26 × 24-pounder guns
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 18-pounder guns
  • QD: 10 × 4-pounder guns
  • Fc: 2 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Dictator was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 January 1783 at Limehouse. She was converted into a troopship in 1798, and broken up in 1817.

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