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Class overview
Name	Edgar
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	1745 Establishment
In service	22 June 1758 – 1813
Completed	3
Lost	1
General characteristics
Type	Ship of the line
Length	154 ft (47 m) (gundeck) 126 ft (38 m) (keel)
Beam	43 ft 6 in (13.26 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Armament	60 guns: Gundeck: 24 × 24-pounders Upper gundeck: 26 × 12-pounders Quarterdeck: 8 × 6-pounders Forecastle: 2 × 6-pounders
Notes	Ships in class include: Panther, Edgar, Firm

The Edgar-class ships of the line were a class of three 60-gun fourth rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir Thomas Slade.

Ships

• HMS Panther

Builder: Martin and Henniker, Chatham

Ordered: 7 May 1756

Launched: 22 June 1758

Fate: Broken up, 1813

• HMS Edgar

Builder: Randall, Rotherhithe

Ordered: 19 April 1756

Launched: 16 November 1758

Fate: Sunk as a breakwater, 1774

• HMS Firm

Builder: Perry, Blackwall Yard

Ordered: 11 August 1756

Launched: 15 January 1759

Fate: Sold out of the service, 1791

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.

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