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DIRECTOR (64) Built in 1784, Gravesend.
Broken up in 1801.

  • 1796 Capt. William BLIGH.
    At the Battle of Camperdown on 12 October 1797 engaged the ALKMAAR (56), and the HAARLEM (68).
    when the former surrendered he left the Dutch rear and made for the flagship, the VRIJHEID (74).
    He commenced action some twenty yards off the Dutchman's larboard quarter and soon left him nothing standing with 58 killed and 98 wounded.
    DIRECTOR lost only 7 men wounded.
  • 1799 North Sea.
  • 1800 Downs.


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