HMS Edgar

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English There are eight ships of the British Royal Navy that have been named HMS Edgar.

• Template:HMS, a 70-gun third rate launched in 1668, rebuilt in 1700, and destroyed in an accidental fire 1711.
• Template:HMS, a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1758 and sunk as a breakwater in 1774.
• Template:HMS, a 74-gun third rate launched in 1779, converted to a prison hulk in 1813, renamed Retribution in 1814, and broken up 1835.
• Template:HMS, a screw-propelled 91-gun second rate launched in 1858, on loan to the Customs Service as a hulk in 1870, and sold 1904.
• The fifth Edgar, launched 1859, was renamed Template:HMS in 1860.
• Template:HMS, an Template:Sclass launched in 1890 and sold 1921.
• Template:HMS, an aircraft carrier launched in March 1944, renamed Perseus in June, and broken up 1958.
• The eighth Edgar was to have been a 9,000-ton cruiser; projected in 1945, the ship was cancelled in March 1946.

References

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| last1 = Colledge
| first1 = J. J. 
| author-link1= J. J. Colledge
| last2 = Warlow
| first2 = Ben
| date = 2006
| orig-date = 1969
| title = Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present
| edition = Rev.
| location = London
| publisher = Chatham Publishing
| isbn = 978-1-86176-281-8
| OCLC = 67375475

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