HMS Caesar
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Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Caesar, after the famous Roman general and dictator Julius Caesar.
- A Caesar was ordered as a 74-gun 3rd rate from Plymouth Dockyard in 1777, but construction was cancelled in 1783.
- The first Caesar was an 80-gun 3rd rate launched in 1793, used as an army depot after 1814, and broken up 1821.
- The second Caesar was a 90-gun screw-propelled 2nd rate launched in 1853 and sold in 1870.
- The third Caesar was a battleship launched in 1896 and sold 1921.
- The fourth Caesar was a C-class destroyer launched in 1944 and broken up in 1967.