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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.
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 ...
3 May 1943 as HMS Irresistible; Later renamed after the third Ark Royal that was lost in 1941. 3 May 1950 22 February 1955 Decommissioned 14 February 1979. HMS Eagle: N/A Ordered from Swan Hunter, Wallsend-on-Tyne in August 1942. Transferred to Vickers-Armstrong in December that year. 19 April 1944 N/A N/A Cancelled January 1946 when 23% ...
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 (1918), sunk by U-73 11 August 1942; HMS Hermes (1923) – first purpose-designed aircraft carrier, sunk by Japanese aircraft 9 April 1942; HMS Ark Royal (1938), sunk 14 November 1941 after being torpedoed by U-81 on 13 November 1941; Never completed: Audacious class. Eagle – cancelled 1946; Africa – to Malta class then cancelled ...
Later in the century, with the advent of the 18-pounder frigate (the first British 18-pounder armed frigate, HMS Flora (36), was launched in 1780), those ships became obsolete and ceased to being built in 1787, when the last one, HMS Sheerness, was launched. Many continued to serve until after the end of the Napoleonic Wars, most of them as ...
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