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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.
Ship Aircraft Displacement Propulsion Service Laid down Commissioned Fate HMS Hermes (95) 20 13,000 long tons (13,209 t) 6 Yarrow small-tube boilers, 2 shafts, Parsons geared turbines: max. speed 25 kn
HMS Eagle (Ex Audacious) R05 Harland and 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 Eagle (shore establishment) was the name of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve training facility at Liverpool from 1904. It was renamed HMS Eaglet in 1918. 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 ...
Number of aircraft carriers lost during World War II [84] Year United States United Kingdom Japan Total 1939 not at war: 1: ... HMS Eagle CV: 11-Aug-1942: Off Majorca ...
The first true aircraft carrier was HMS Argus, [2] [4] launched in late 1917 with a complement of 20 aircraft and a flight deck 550 ft (170 m) long and 68 ft (21 m) wide. [4] The last aircraft carrier sunk in wartime was the Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi , in Kure Harbour in July 1945.
List of aircraft carriers of World War II Ship Operator Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Admiralty Islands United States Navy: Casablanca: escort carrier: 8,188 13 June 1944 scrapped 1947 Adula Royal Navy: Rapana: merchant aircraft carrier: 16,000 1 February 1944 returned to merchant service post-war Akagi Imperial ...