HMS Edgar (1668)

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Name: HMS Edgar
Builder: Baylie, Bristol
Launched: 1668
Fate: Burnt, 1711
General characteristics as built[1]
Class and type: 72-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 994 tons (1010 tonnes)
Length: 124 ft (38 m) (keel)
Beam: 39 ft 10 in (12.1 m)
Depth of hold: 16 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 72 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1700 rebuild[2]
Class and type: 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1199 tons (1218.2 tonnes)
Length: 153 ft 6 in (46.8 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 39 ft 9 in (12.1 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft 6 in (4.7 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament: 70 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1709 rebuild[3]
Class and type: 1706 Establishment 70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1120 tons (1138 tonnes)
Length: 150 ft (46 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 41 ft (12 m)
Depth of hold: 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

70 guns:

  • Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 14 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 4 × 6 pdrs

HMS Edgar was a 72-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Baylie of Bristol and launched in 1668. By 1685 she was carrying 74 guns.

In 1700 Egdar underwent a rebuild at Portsmouth Dockyard as a 70-gun ship. She was rebuilt for a second time by Burchett of Rotherhithe as a 70-gun ship to the 1706 Establishment, relaunching on 31 March 1709.

Edgar was destroyed by fire in 1711.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p161.
  2. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p166.
  3. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p168.

[edit] 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.