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Edgar Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
Crescent	P	13th October 1890	30th March 1892	22nd February 1894
Edgar	D	3rd June 1889	24th November 1890	2nd March 1893
Endymion	E	21st November 1889	22nd July 1891	26th May 1894
Gibralter	N	2nd December 1889	27th April 1892	1st November 1894
Grafton	T	1st January 1890	30th January 1892	18th October 1894
Hawke	C	17th June 1889	11th March 1891	16th May 1893
Royal Arthur	P	20th January 1890	26th February 1891	2nd March 1893
St. George	E	23rd April 1890	23rd June 1892	25th October 1894
Theseus	T	16th July 1890	8th September 1892	14th January 1896

Builders:
C : HM Dockyard, Chatham, United Kingdom
D : HM Dockyard, Devnport, United Kingdom
E : Earle, Hull, United Kingdom
P : HM Dockyard, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
T : Thames Iron Works, Blackwall, United Kingdom

Dimensions:
387' 9" x 60' x 23' 9" / 118.11m x 18.29m x 7.24m

Displacement:
7350 tons max

Complement:
544

Armament:
Crescent and Royal Arthur:-
1 x 9.2"/30 gun
12 x 6"/40 guns in single mountings
12 x 6pdr guns in single mountings
5 x 3pdr guns in single mountings
4 x 18" torpedo tubes submerged

All other ships:-
2 x 9.2"/30 guns in single mountings
10 x 6"/40 guns in single mountings
12 x 6pdr guns in single mountings
5 x 3pdr guns in single mountings
4 x 18" torpedo tubes submerged

Aircraft Facilities:
None

Armour:
Gunshields: 3"
C.T.: 12"
Deck: 3" - 5"

Powerplant:
Four cylindrical boilers were fitted with two 2 cylinder vertical triple expansion engines providing a total of 10000ihp on two shafts with natural draught, or 120000ihp with forced draught. Maximum speed was 18kts natural draught or 20kts forced draught. A maximum of 1250 tons of coal was carried and range was 10000NM @ 10kts.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
None

Sonar:
None

Other:
N/A

Miscellaneous: