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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.
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Eagle, after the eagle. HMS Eagle (1592) was an ex-merchantman purchased in 1592 and in use as a careening hulk. She was sold in 1683. HMS Eagle (1648) was a 6-gun shallop sloop, listed until 1653. HMS Eagle (1650) was a 12-gun ship, previously the French ship Aigle, captured in 1650 and ...
The ship's aircraft capacity was 25 to 30 and, in 1939, the ship's crew totalled 41 officers and 750 men, exclusive of the air group. [ 20 ] For self-defence against enemy warships, Eagle had nine BL Mk XVII 6-inch guns , three at the stern and six along both sides of the ship.
This is a list of ships of the line of the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom.The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came into being after the restoration of the monarchy under Charles II, up until the emergence of the battleship around 1880, as defined by the Admiralty.
The original 1920s edition of the H. P. Gibson naval board game Dover Patrol used a number of real RN ship names, but generally attached them to different ship classes. Thus the " Flagships " were H.M.S. Nelson and Drake , and the " Super Dreadnoughts " were H.M.S. Australia , New Zealand , Canada and India , but few of these resembled the ...
This is a list of the naval forces from the United Kingdom that took part in the Falklands War, often referred to as "the Task Force" in the context of the war. [1] For a list of naval forces from Argentina, see Argentine naval forces in the Falklands War.
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
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1703 Ship State Description HMS Canterbury Royal Navy: Great Storm of 1703: The storeship foundered off Bristol with the loss of 26 of her crew. [1] Later salvaged and sold. [10] HMS Eagle Royal Navy: Great Storm of 1703: The advice boat sank at Selsey, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. [1] HMS Mary Royal Navy