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EspañolHMS EAGLE
About fifteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named 'HMS ''Eagle''', after the eagle.
★ The first ''Eagle'' was the French ship ''Aigle'', captured in 1650 and taken into the Navy, then sold in 1655.
★ ''Eagle'' was a 70 gun ship built in 1679.
★ The tenth ''Eagle'' was a 3rd rate ship of the line that was attacked by the submersible ''Turtle'' during the American Revolution.
★ The fourteenth ''Eagle'' was an early aircraft carrier, converted from an unfinished Chilean battleship, the ''Almirante Cochrane'', launched in 1918, and sunk in 1942.
★ A 36,800 ton ''Audacious'' class carrier to be named ''Eagle'' was laid down on 19 April 1944, but cancelled the following year.
★ The fifteenth ''Eagle'' (R05) was one of the Navy's largest aircraft carriers, in service from 1951 to 1972.
See also HMS ''Eaglet''.
★ A careening hulk of 894 tons named ''Eagle'' is recorded as purchased in 1592 and sold in 1683, but was not a commissioned ship.
★ The first ''Eagle'' was the French ship ''Aigle'', captured in 1650 and taken into the Navy, then sold in 1655.
★ ''Eagle'' was a 70 gun ship built in 1679.
★ The tenth ''Eagle'' was a 3rd rate ship of the line that was attacked by the submersible ''Turtle'' during the American Revolution.
★ The fourteenth ''Eagle'' was an early aircraft carrier, converted from an unfinished Chilean battleship, the ''Almirante Cochrane'', launched in 1918, and sunk in 1942.
★ A 36,800 ton ''Audacious'' class carrier to be named ''Eagle'' was laid down on 19 April 1944, but cancelled the following year.
★ The fifteenth ''Eagle'' (R05) was one of the Navy's largest aircraft carriers, in service from 1951 to 1972.
See also HMS ''Eaglet''.
★ A careening hulk of 894 tons named ''Eagle'' is recorded as purchased in 1592 and sold in 1683, but was not a commissioned ship.
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