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Edgar Class

Modified designBWAS-1714
This was a design based on the draughts for the Arrogant class of 1759

Design Armament	Broadside Weight = 781.00 Imperial Pound ( 354.18 kg)		BWAS-1793
Lower Gun Deck	28 x British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck	28 x British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck	14 x British 9-Pounder
Forecastle	4 x British 9-Pounder

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
	Ordered	Shipyard	Launched	Out of service	Fate	Gundeck Length	Length of Keel	Breadth	Depth in hold	Burthen
As Designed						168' 0"	138' 0"	46' 9"	19' 9"	1,604 ²⁷⁄₉₄
Firm (74)	15.7.1756	Blackwall - London	15.1.1759	10.11.1791	Sold	154' 8"	127' 0"	43' 10"	18' 7"	1,297 ⁸⁸⁄₉₄
Edgar (74)	16.7.1774	Woolwich Dockyard - Woolwich	30.6.1779	2.1835	Broken Up	168' 0"	138' 0"	46' 10"	19' 9"	1,609 ⁹³⁄₉₄
Goliath (74)	5.2.1777	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	19.10.1781	3.1813	Razeed	168' 0"	138' 0"	46' 9"	19' 9"	1,604 ²⁷⁄₉₄
Zealous (74)	19.6.1782	Deptford Green - Deptford - Barnards' Thames Yards	25.6.1785	12.1816	Broken Up	168' 6"	138' 0"	47	19' 9"	1,607
Audacious (74)	Unknown	Rotherhithe - London - Surrey	23.7.1785	8.1815	Broken Up	168' 2"	137' 9"	47' 1"	19' 10"	1,624 ²⁷⁄₉₄
Elephant (74)	27.12.1781	Bursledon - Hampshire	24.8.1786	11.1830	Broken Up	168' 0"	137' 9 ⅞"	46' 11 ½"	19' 9 ½"	1,616 ⁴⁹⁄₉₄
Saturn (74)	27.12.1781	Northam - Devon	22.11.1786	4.1813	Razeed	168' 2"	138' 1"	46' 11"	19' 10"	1,616 ⁶⁸⁄₉₄
Vanguard (74)	9.12.1779	Deptford Dockyard - Deptford	6.3.1787	29.9.1821	Broken Up	168' 0"	137' 8 ½"	46' 10 ½"	19' 9"	1,609 ⁴¹⁄₉₄
Excellent (74)	9.8.1781	Harwich - Essex	27.11.1787	10.1835	Broken Up	168' 0"	138' 0"	46' 11"	19' 9"	1,615 ⁷¹⁄₉₄
Illustrious (74)	31.12.1781	Buckler's Hard - Hampshire	7.7.1789	28.3.1795	Wrecked	168' 2"	138' 1"	46' 11"	19' 9"	1,615 ⁵¹⁄₉₄

IDNameAuthorType

BWAS-1714Rif Winfield, Book

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