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
Name	HMS Dictator
Ordered	21 October 1778
Builder	Batson, Limehouse
Laid down	May 1780
Launched	6 January 1783
Honours and; awards	Naval General Service Medal with clasps:; "Egypt"; "Off Mardoe 6 July 1812";
Fate	Broken up in 1817
General characteristics
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	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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