Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781)

Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines, and longitudinal half-breadth for building Dictator (1783), and in February 1779 for Sceptre (1781), both 64-gun, Third Rate, two-deckers. The design was similar to the 74-gun Albion (1763).

Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784] and Edward Hunt [Surveyor of the Navy, 1778-1784].

Object Details

ID: ZAZ1439
Collection: Ship Plans
Type: Technical drawing
Display location: Not on display
Vessels: Dictator (1783); Sceptre (1781)
Date made: 1778; 9 November 1778
People: Hunt, Edward
Credit: © Crown copyright. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 537 mm x 1672 mm