The Endymion name had already belonged to several frigates, including the ship that disabled USS President in 1815. Both Endymion and Edgar might have returned if more E-class cruisers had been completed. Continued construction could have incorporated more twin 6-inch turrets and converged on a layout resembling the later Leander class. The discussion links naval naming traditions to the incremental evolution of interwar light-cruiser design.
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Endymion's name and a larger interwar E-class
A naming discussion links the Edgar-class Endymion to an unrealized expansion of the 1920s E-class and its possible evolution toward a Leander-like layout.