Career (Great Britain)
Name:	HMS Edgar
Ordered:	19 April 1756
Builder:	Randall, Rotherhithe
Launched:	16 November 1758
Fate:	Sunk as a breakwater, 1774
General characteristics
Class and type:	Edgar-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1297 tons (1317. Events 1012 - Martyrdom of Alphege in Greenwich London. 1529 - At the Second Diet of Speyer Year 1756 ( MDCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Ships Builder Martin and Henniker Chatham Ordered 7 May 1756 Launched 22 June A ship-of-the-line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th century through the mid-19th century to take part in the the naval tactic known as the Line of battle 8 tonnes)
Length:	154 ft (47 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	43 ft 6 in (13. This article is about the tonne or metric ton For other tons see Ton. 3 m)
Depth of hold:	18 ft 4 in (5. 6 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	60 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs Upper gundeck: 26 × 12 pdrs Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs

HMS Edgar was a 60-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 16 November 1758 at Rotherhithe. In the British Royal Navy, a fourth-rate was during the first half of the 18th century a Ship of the line mounting from 46 up to 60 guns A ship-of-the-line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th century through the mid-19th century to take part in the the naval tactic known as the Line of battle The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1758 ( MDCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Rotherhithe is a district of central south-east London in the London Borough of Southwark.

She was sunk as a breakwater in 1774. Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a

Notable crew

• Thomas Denman (Physician)

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