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HBMS Edgar (1779)

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Edgar, 74 Guns

Details
Nationality British
Royal Navy The Royal Navy
Ordered 1774/07/16 B057
Laid Down 1776/08/26 B057
Launched 1779/06/30 B057
Shipyard Woolwich DY B057
Design Class Edgar Class (1774)
Designer Thomas Slade B057
Master Shipbuilder George White B057
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1835/02 B057
Fate Broken Up B057
Dimensions
B057   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 168' 0" Imperial Feet 51.21
Length of Keel 138' 0" Imperial Feet 42.06
Breadth 46' 10" Imperial Feet 14.27
Depth in Hold 19' 9" Imperial Feet 6.02
Draught Forward 12' 4" Imperial Feet 3.76
Draught Aft 17' 9" Imperial Feet 5.41
Burthen 1,60993/94 Tons BM
Armament
1779/06/30 B064 Broadside Weight = 781
Lower Gun Deck 28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck 14 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle 4 British 9-Pounder
Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1779/06/30 600 Design Complement B057
Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1781/07 1782/05 Commodore John Elliot B057
1782/05/01 1783 Commodore William Hotham B057
1787/09 1787/09 Rear-Admiral of the Blue John Leveson Gower B057
1789 1789 Rear-Admiral of the White Joseph Peyton B057
1807 1807 Admiral of the White Sir George Keith Elphinstone B057
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1779/05 1781/07 Captain John Elliot B057
1781/07/19 1782/04 Captain Thomas Boston B057
1782/04 1782/05 Captain John Moutray B057
1782/05/01 1783 Captain William Cayley B057
1783/04 1786/08 Captain Sir Adam Duncan B057
1787/01 1789 Captain Charles Thompson B057
1790/01 1791/08 Captain Anthony James Pye Molloy B057
1791/08 1794 Captain Albemarle Bertie B057
1794/08 1796/08 Captain Charles Henry Knowles B057
1796/08 1799/11 Captain John M'Dougall B057
1799/11 1801/03 Captain Sir Edward Buller B057
1801/03 1801/08 Captain Sir George Murray B057
1805/07 1806/02 Captain John Clarke Searle B057
1806/02 1807/05 Captain Robert Jackson B057
1807/05 1809 Captain James Macnamara B057
1810/03 1812 Captain Stephen Poyntz B057
Petty Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1801/06 1802 Masters Mate Flowers Beckett B080
Crew
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1785/08/03 1785/09/20 Able Seaman William Gordon Rutherford NAO
Service Record
Date Notes Source
1779/09/06 Completed at Woolwich DY at a cost of £42,362.0.0d ,including fitting and coppering B057
1780/01/08 Present at Attack on the Caracas Convoy  
1780/01/16 Present at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent  
1780/01/19 The relief of Gibraltar B057
1781/03/13 Sailed for the relief of Gibraltar B057
1781/04/12 Arrived at Gibraltar B057
1781/12/12 Present at the Action of 1781-12-12  
1782 Relief of Gibraltar in the Autumn B057
1782/02 refitting at Portsmouth DY at a cost of £8,017.1.1d B057
1782/10/20 Present at the Battle of Cape Spartel  
1783 Paid off B057
1783/04 Recommissioned as a guard ship at Portsmouth B057
1783/04 fitting at Portsmouth DY at a cost of £6,028.4.4d ,as a guard ship B057
1786/08 Paid off B057
1786/09 Began refitting at Portsmouth DY B057
1787/01 Recommissioned as a guard ship at Portsmouth B057
1787/06 Completed refitting at a cost of £14,243.4.7d ,with copper bolts B057
1788/05 refitting at Portsmouth DY at a cost of £2,601.0.0d ,as a guard ship B057
1790/01 Recommissioned for the Spanish Armament B057
1790/05 refitting at Portsmouth DY ,as a guard ship B057
1792/12 refitting at Portsmouth DY at a cost of £5,980.0.0d B057
1793 Took the privateer Dumouriez  
1795/04 refitting at Chatham DY at a cost of £10,791.0.0d B057
1796/09 refitting at Chatham DY at a cost of £11,356.0.0d B057
1801/04/02 Present at the Battle of Copenhagen  
1802/07 Paid off B057
1805/03 Began refitting at Chatham DY B057
1805/07 Recommissioned B057
1805/08 Completed refitting at a cost of £19,605.0.0d B057
1808 To the Baltic B057
1808/01 Began making good defects at Plymouth DY B057
1808/03 Completed making good defects at a cost of £11,439.0.0d B057
1808/08/11 Took Fama  
1808/08/11 Took Soormen  
1809/04 Began refitting at Portsmouth DY B057
1809/06 Completed refitting at a cost of £8,667.0.0d B057
1812 In ordinary at Chatham B057
1813/10 Began fitting at Chatham DY B057
1813/12 Completed fitting at a cost of £9,179.0.0d ,as a prison ship B057
1813/12 Re-classified as a Unrated Prison Ship of 0 guns  
1814 Convict hulk at Sheerness until 1833 B057
1814/08/19 Converted to a convict hulk at Sheerness B057
1814/08/19 Renamed Retribution B057
1814/08/19 Re-classified as a Unrated Hulk of 0 guns  
1835/02 Broken up at Deptford B057
Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
Fleet for the relief of Gibraltar 1782 Admiral of the Blue Richard Howe 1782/09/00 1782/12/00
Actions & Battles
Date Source
1780/01/08 Attack on the Caracas Convoy
1780/01/16 Battle of Cape St. Vincent
1781/12/12 Action of 1781-12-12
1782/10/20 Battle of Cape Spartel
1801/04/02 Battle of Copenhagen
Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered
Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B057 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 Rif Winfield
B064 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 Rif Winfield
B080 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 O'Brien
NAO The National Archive - Trafalgar Ancestors Various

Last Updated :2009/12/14 at 22:25:23 by Cy

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