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HMS Edgar (1779) (3rd)
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This the third ship to carry the name HMS Edgar was a third
rate, 74-gun, ship-of-the-line. Built at Woolwich Dockyard, launched 30-Jun-1779, 168ft long, 47ft wide and of 1,644 tons builders measurement. Used as a convict hulk from Dec-1813. Renamed HMS Retribution 19-Aug-1814. Broken up at Deptford Feb-1835. Won the Battle Honours: St. Vincent 1780, Ushant 1781 and Copenhagen 1801.
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