British Third Rate ship of the line 'Director' (1784)

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Director	3924
Nominal Guns	64
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	2.8.1780
Keel Laid Down	11.1782
Acquired	9.3.1784
First Commissioned	3.1789
Shipyard	Gravesend - Kent
Ship Class	Saint Albans Class (1761)
Designed by	Sir Thomas SladeBritish Designer Ship Builder Dockyard Staff Service 1744-1783
Constructor	William CleverleyBritish Ship Builder Service 1800
Category	Third Rate
Ship Type	Ship of the Line
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Broken Up	1.1801

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck159' 0"Imperial Feet48.4632
Length of Keel131' 4 ¾"Imperial Feet39.9479
Breadth44' 6 ¾"Imperial Feet13.4303
Depth in Hold18' 10"Imperial Feet5.4864
Draught Forward11' 10"Imperial Feet3.3528
Draught Aft17' 2"Imperial Feet5.1889
Burthen1,387 ⁸⁶⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

9.3.1784Broadside Weight = 600 Imperial Pound ( 272.1 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder

1794Broadside Weight = 678 Imperial Pound ( 307.473 kg)BWAS-1714
Lower Gun Deck26 British 24-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck10 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 24-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 British 9-Pounder
Roundhouse6 British 18-Pound Carronade

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
13.1.1761500Design Complement
1794491 BWAS-1714

3 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
25.3.1789 - 15.10.1790Captain Transfered ADM 6/23/516BWAS-171415.10.1790 - 14.9.1792Captain Transfered ADM 6/24/78ADM 6/241.1796 - 7.1800CaptainBWAS-1714

9 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
25.3.1789 - 27.6.1790Third Lieutenant ADM 6/23/516ADM 6/2328.6.1790 - 27.10.1790Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/44ADM 6/241.10.1790 - 25.10.1790First Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/72ADM 6/2428.10.1790 - 10.5.1793Acting Second Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/83ADM 6/2428.10.1790 - 29.10.1790Fourth Lieutenant ADM 6/24/83ADM 6/2430.10.1790 - 28.3.1791Third Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/83ADM 6/2430.10.1790 - 25.3.1791Fourth Lieutenant Transfered ADM 6/24/83ADM 6/245.1796 - 26.10.1796Acting LieutenantNBD18499.11.1796 - 1.1.1798Lieutenant ADM 196/1/323ADM 196

1 Warrant Officer

DatesRankNameSource
3.4.1789 - 29.10.1790MasterADM 29-1

Service History

DateEventSource
9.3.1784Completed at Gravesend - Kent at a cost of £27278.17.6dBWAS-1714
14.3.1784Began fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich BWAS-1714
23.7.1784Completed fitting at Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich at a cost of £7420.0.0dBWAS-1714
2.1789Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
3.1789Commissioned as a guard ship in the MedwayBWAS-1714
7.1789Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £2643.0.0dBWAS-1714
3.1790Began fitting at Sheerness - Kent BWAS-1714
6.1790Completed fitting at Sheerness - Kent BWAS-1714
4.1794Refitted as a Unrated Hospital Ship
4.1794fitting at Sheerness - Kent at a cost of £1008.0.0dBWAS-1714
3.1795Refitted as a 64 gun Third Rate Ship of the Line
3.1795Began fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham BWAS-1714
1.1796RecommissionedBWAS-1714
3.1796Completed fitting at Chatham Dockyard - Chatham at a cost of £40775.0.0dBWAS-1714
11.10.1797Battle of Camperdown
7.1800Paid offBWAS-1714
1.1801Broken up at ChathamBWAS-1714

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

ADM 196 Document

ADM 29-1 Document

ADM 6/23 Archive

ADM 6/24 Archive

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

NBD1849O'Brien, Digital Book

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