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HMS Eagle was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, in service 1951–1972. Until the arrival of the Queen Elizabeth -class aircraft carriers in the 21st century, she and her sister Ark Royal were the two largest Royal Navy aircraft carriers ever built.
HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Ordered by Chile during the South American dreadnought race as the Almirante Latorre-class battleship Almirante Cochrane, she was laid down before World War I. In early 1918 she was purchased by Britain for conversion to an aircraft carrier; this work was finished in 1924.
HMS Eagle (1918) was an early aircraft carrier, converted from an unfinished Chilean battleship, Almirante Cochrane, launched in 1918, and sunk in 1942. HMS Eagle was to have been an Audacious-class aircraft carrier, laid down in 1944, but cancelled in 1945. HMS Eagle (R05) was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier originally designated HMS ...
The following is a list of fleet aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. Ships of the Royal Navy; ... HMS Eagle: 60+ 49,950 long tons (50,752 t)
HMS Eagle (Ex Audacious) R05 Harland & Wolff, Belfast: 24 October 1942 as HMS Audacious. Renamed at the start of 1946 as Eagle after the aircraft carrier that was sunk in 1942. 19 March 1946 5 October 1951 Decommissioned 26 January 1972. HMS Ark Royal (Ex Irresistible) R09 Cammell Laird, Birkenhead: 3 May 1943 as HMS Irresistible
HMS Hermes (1924) was commissioned two days earlier than a sister aircraft carrier, HMS Eagle. Like Hermes, Eagle had a full-length flight deck and a starboard-side control tower island. Unlike Hermes, however, Eagle was a converted battleship and had a less integrated design and appearance than the purpose-designed Hermes.
Arromanches: Colossus-class light aircraft carrier, ex-HMS Colossus (R15), in service from 1946 to 1974; Independence class. La Fayette: light aircraft carrier in service from 1951 to 1963; Bois Belleau: light aircraft carrier in service from 1953 to 1960; Clemenceau class. Clemenceau: aircraft carrier in service from 1961 to 1997
In 71 days Eagle flew 1,070 sorties, flying 600,000 miles, surveying 200,000 square miles daily, steaming a total of 30,000 miles. [2] The patrol lasted until 1975. At any time, two British frigates or destroyers, with the support of land and carrier-based surveillance aircraft and auxiliary vessels, were committed to the patrol.