Several ships of the

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have been named HMS ''Egmont'': *, a 74-gun

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launched in 1768, and broken up in 1799. * was a

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of eight guns and 100 tons burthen, launched in 1768. The Royal Navy purchased her but she foundered on 12 July 1776 while attempting to enter Trepassy, Newfoundland, while under the command of Lieutenant Alexander Christie. * was a schooner of eight guns and 199 tons burthen, purchased in 1778. On 14 July 1779, ''Egmont'', under the command of Lieutenant John Gardiner, encountered the American privateer brig ''Wildcat''. ''Egmont'' attempted to escape but was forced to

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after having lost two men killed, one of them by the boarding party from ''Wildcat''. On 16 July, was able to capture ''Wildcat'', of 14 guns and 75 men, ten weeks off the stocks, and free Lieutenant Gardiner and 20 of his men who were aboard her, but ''Egmont'' herself had separated earlier. The Royal Navy took ''Wildcat'' into service as . *, another

74-gun The "seventy-four" was a type of two- decked sailing ship of the line, which nominally carried 74 guns. It was developed by the French navy in the 1740s, replacing earlier classes of 60- and 62-gun ships, as a larger complement to the recently de ...

third rate ship of the line, launched in 1810 and sold in 1875. *HMS '' Egmont'', between 1904 and 1914, (

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, formerly , renamed 1904) * Fort St Angelo in Birgu, Malta (1912–1933). A

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, so named when the above-mentioned HMS ''Achilles'' was used as a depot ship.

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