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HMS Edgar (1779)
HMS ''Edgar'' was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, that saw service in the American Revolutionary, French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Launched in 1779, she fought in the battles of Cape St Vincent (in 1780) and Copenhagen (in 1801)—two of the major naval engagements of the wars.
''Edgar'' also saw service as flagship to two different admirals, and was even the scene of a mutiny in 1808. After the end of her active career, she was employed as a prison ship before her 56-year life came to an end in 1835, when she was ordered to be broken up.
==Construction==
''Edgar'' was ordered from Woolwich Dockyard on 25 August 1774 to be built to slightly modified lines of the , which had been designed by Sir Thomas Slade. The ''Arrogant'' class of third rates was a development over Slade's previous , and a further nine ships were ordered from various yards—both Royal and commercial—to the same lines as ''Edgar''. Originally, the Admiralty had intended to order her to be built to the lines of Sir John Williams' , specifically .〔Lavery, ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1'', pp104-105.〕 Her keel was laid down on 26 August 1776, and she was launched on 30 June 1779.〔
A list composed in or around 1793, giving details of twelve Royal Navy ships, reveals that ''Edgar'' possessed a white figurehead, with details painted in red and black. Of the other eleven ships mentioned, seven had the plain white figureheads as completed by the dockyards, whilst four had painted theirs with a larger palette since being launched.〔Lavery, ''Nelson's Navy'', p65.〕
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