Edgar Class Cruiser - Building Programme

Building Programme

The following table gives the build details and purchase cost of the members of the Edgar class. Standard British practice at that time was for these costs to exclude armament and stores. (There are unexplained discrepancies between the costs quoted in different issues of Brassey's Naval Annual; this is illustrated by the table in the notes.)

Ship Builder Maker
of
Engines		 Date of Cost
Laid Down Launch Completion (BNA 1895) (BNA 1905) (BNA 1906)
Edgar Devonport Dockyard Elder 3 Jun 1889 24 Nov 1890 2 Mar 1893 £401,083 £428,081 £410,980
Hawke Chatham Dockyard Elder 16 Jun 1889 11 Mar 1891 16 May 1893 £365,491 £413,101 £400,702
Endymion C & W Earle, Hull Earle 22 Nov 1889 22 July 1891 26 May 1894 £350,459 £397,973 £375,250
Royal Arthur
ex-Centaur		 Portsmouth Dockyard Maudslay 20 Jan 1890 26 Feb 1891 2 Mar 1893 £402,414 £427,620 £412,033
Gibraltar Robert Napier & Sons, Govan Napier 2 Dec 1889 27 Apr 1892 1 Nov 1894 £347,634 £377,741 £373,236
Grafton Thames Ironworks Leamouth Humphrys 1 Jan 1890 30 Jan 1892 18 Oct 1894 £351,851 £381,958 £372,890
St George C & W Earle, Hull Maudslay 23 Apr 1890 23 Jun 1892 25 Oct 1894 £377,204 £407,540 £388,755
Theseus Thames Ironworks Leamouth Maudslay 16 Jul 1890 8 Sep 1892 14 Jan 1894 £347,577 £377,913 £370,359
Crescent Portsmouth Dockyard Penn 13 Oct 1890 30 Mar 1892 22 Feb 1894 £383,068 £411,108 £392,453
Cost According to Different Issues of Brassey's Naval Annual
1888-89 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906
HMS Edgar £373,548
 £398,340
 £401,083 £401,083 £401,083 £401,083 £401,083
 £401,083
 £401,083 £401,083
 £401,083
 £401,083 £428,081 £428,081 £428,081 £410,980

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