HMS Dictator (1783)

HMS Dictator (1783)

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.

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.

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