&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Dictator_(1783)_RMG_J3646.png) 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.
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| History | |
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 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Dictator |
| Ordered | 21 October 1778 |
| Builder | Batson, Limehouse |
| Laid down | May 1780 |
| Launched | 6 January 1783 |
| Honours and awards |
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| Fate | Broken up in 1817 |
| General characteristics [3] | |
| Class and type | Inflexible-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1379 (bm) |
| Length | 159 ft (48 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 44 ft 4 in (13.51 m) |
| Depth of hold | 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | |
HMS Dictator was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 6 January 1783 at Limehouse.[3] She was converted into a troopship in 1798, and broken up in 1817.[3]
- ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
- ^ "No. 20939". The London Gazette. 26 January 1849. p. 244.
- ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 181.