HMS Edgar was a first class cruiser of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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, and lead ship of the Edgar class

Edgar class cruiser

The Edgar-class was a nine-ship class of protected cruiser built around 1891 for the Royal Navy.-Design:Crescent and Royal Arthur were built to a slightly modified design with a raised forecastle and a pair of 6 inch guns replacing the forward 9.2 inch gun, and are sometimes considered a...

. She was built at Devonport and launched on 24 November 1890. She served in the First World War in the Gallipoli Campaign, along with her sisters Endymion

HMS Endymion (1891)

HMS Endymion was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class. She was launched on 22 July 1891. She took part in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion in China, during which time future rear admiral and VC recipient Eric Gascoigne Robinson served aboard her...

, Grafton

HMS Grafton (1892)

HMS Grafton was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class. She was launched on 30 January 1892. She served in the First World War in the Gallipoli Campaign, along with her sisters Endymion, Edgar and Theseus...

 and Theseus

HMS Theseus (1892)

HMS Theseus was an Edgar-class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy. The Edgars were basically smaller versions of the Blake class. Theseus was launched at Leamouth, London in 1892 and commissioned on 14 January 1896....

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Edgar was damaged in an attack by the Austro-Hungarian

Austria-Hungary

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submarine on 4 April 1918 near position 35°06′N 14°24′E. Edgar was sold on 9 May 1921. She arrived at Morecambe on 24 April 1923 for breaking up.