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HMS Eagle Laid Down : 20th February 1913 Launched : 8th June 1918 Completed : 26th February 1924 Type : Aircraft Carrier Class : Builder : Armstrong Country : UK Pennants : 94 Fate : Sunk 11th August 1942. |
| HMS Eagle was built at Clydebank, and was launched on the 8th of June 1918, a former Battleship construction suspended in 1914. during world war two HMS Eagle served off China in 1939, East Indies 1939 - 1940, Mediterranean in 1940 - 1941. and in the South Atlantic 1941 - 1942 and Force H in 1942, she was sunk by U-73, North of Algiers on the 11th August 1942. Capable of carrying 40 planes she was originally destined to be a battleship for Chile but was bought back and altered. The crane which can be seen was used to hoist aircraft from the hangars onto the flight deck. Displacement: 22,600 tons. Speed: 23 knots. Armament: twelve 6 ins guns, four 4 ins AA guns, four 3 pdr guns and six 21in torpedo tubes. Complement: 950. |
HMS Eagle Photos for Sale |
  HMS Eagle, 1919. |   HMS Eagle, 1920. |   HMS Eagle, October 1934. |   HMS Eagle, 1939. |   HMS Eagle |
  HMS Eagle |   HMS Eagle. |
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22nd January 1913 - Laid down 8th June 1918 - Pennant Number 94 8th June 1918 - Launched 2nd May 1923 - Undergoing alterations at Portsmouth 2nd June 1925 - Sailed Malta 5th June 1925 - Arrived Palma 9th June 1925 - Sailed Palma 10th June 1925 - Arrived Valencia 16th June 1925 - Sailed Valencia 24th June 1925 - Arrived Pollenza 1st July 1925 - Sailed Pollenza 4th July 1925 - Arrived Rapallo 10th July 1925 - Sailed Rapallo 11th July 1925 - Arrived St. Florent 16th July 1925 - Sailed St. Florent 17th July 1925 - Arrived Palma 23rd July 1925 - Sailed Palma for Malta 26th July 1925 - Arrived Malta 29th June 1929 - Picked up airmen off the Azores 1st July 1929 - Arrived Gibraltar 10th August 1929 - Arrived Argostoli 19th August 1929 - Sailed Argostoli 21st August 1929 - Arrived Malta 1st October 1932 - Paid Off. Plymouth 1st October 1932 - Cmdr. W. E. Parry in Command 15th March 1933 - Capt. Lionel Wells in Command 28th March 1933 - Completed to full crew at Devonport 28th March 1933 - Completed to full complement 28th March 1933 - Capt. L.V. Wells in Command 22nd April 1933 - Sailed Plymouth for Spithead 22nd April 1933 - Arrived Portsmouth 22nd April 1933 - Arrived Portsmouth 22nd April 1933 - Arrived Spithead to embark aircraft 28th April 1933 - Sailed Spithead for Far East 29th April 1933 - Sailed Portsmouth 29th April 1933 - Capt. L.V. Wells in Command 29th April 1933 - Sailed Portsmouth for Gibraltar 4th May 1933 - Arrived and sailed Gibraltar 8th May 1933 - Arrived Malta 10th May 1933 - Sailed Malta 14th May 1933 - Arrived Port Said 15th May 1933 - Sailed Port Said 15th May 1933 - Suez 19th May 1933 - Arrived Aden 21st May 1933 - Sailed Aden 28th May 1933 - Arrived Colombo 1st June 1933 - Sailed Colombo 7th June 1933 - Arrived Singapore 9th June 1933 - Sailed Singapore 15th June 1933 - Arrived Hong Kong 29th July 1933 - Arrived Tsingtao 5th August 1933 - Arrived Chefoo 9th January 1934 - Sailed Hong Kong for Singapore 14th January 1934 - Arrived Singapore 15th January 1934 - Arrived Singapore 7th February 1934 - Sailed Singapore for Port Swettenham 8th February 1934 - Sailed Singapore for Port Dickson 8th February 1934 - Arrived Port Swettenham 14th February 1934 - Sailed Port Swettenham for Penang 15th February 1934 - Arrived Penang 23rd February 1934 - Sailed Penang for Singapore 24th February 1934 - Arrived Singapore 28th February 1934 - Arrived Singapore 2nd March 1934 - Sailed Singapore for Manila 30th April 1934 - On the China Station 10th May 1934 - Sailed Chusan 12th May 1934 - Arrived Tsingtao 18th May 1934 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei from Tsingtao July 1934 - Jul 1934 At Wei Hai Wei 1st August 1934 - Sailed Chefoo for Tsingtao 18th October 1934 - Sailed Chusan for Hong Kong 20th October 1934 - Arrived Hong Kong 23rd November 1934 - Arrived Batavia 29th November 1934 - Sailed Batavia for Singapore 1st December 1934 - Arrived Singapore 5th December 1934 - At Singapore 31st December 1934 - Sailed Singapore 1st January 1935 - Sailed Singapore 5th January 1935 - Arrived Colombo 5th January 1935 - Arrived Colombo 6th January 1935 - Arrived Colombo 8th January 1935 - Sailed Colombo 8th January 1935 - Sailed Colombo for Aden 9th January 1935 - Sailed Colombo 15th January 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar 16th January 1935 - Arrived Aden 17th January 1935 - Sailed Aden 17th January 1935 - Arrived and sailed Aden 21st January 1935 - Arrived Suez 21st January 1935 - Arrived Suez 22nd January 1935 - Arrived and sailed Port Said 22nd January 1935 - Sailed Suez 22nd January 1935 - Sailed Suez 22nd January 1935 - Arrived and sailed Port Said 23rd January 1935 - Arrived Alexandria 23rd January 1935 - Arrived Alexandria 27th January 1935 - Sailed Alexandria 27th January 1935 - Sailed Alexandria 30th January 1935 - Arrived Malta 30th January 1935 - Arived Malta 22nd March 1935 - Arrived Malta 31st March 1935 - Arrived Gibraltar and sailed for Plymouth 5th April 1935 - Arrived Plymouth to joine the Plymouth reserve 5th April 1935 - Capt. L.V. Wells in Command 5th April 1935 - Arrived Plymouth 5th August 1935 - Eagle At Plymouth for Navy Week 5th November 1935 - Sailed Hong Kong 31st December 1935 - Sailed Singapore for Colombo 4th March 1937 - Arrived Malta 16th March 1937 - Arrived Port Said 25th March 1937 - Sailed Aden 28th May 1937 - Sailed Hong Kong for Wei Hai Wei 3rd June 1937 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 22nd July 1937 - Arrived Tsingtao 23rd July 1937 - Sailed Wei Hai Wei 24th July 1937 - Arrived Tsingtao 2nd August 1937 - Sailed Tsingtao 14th August 1937 - Arrived Chingwangtao 23rd August 1937 - Sailed Chinwangtao 10th October 1937 - Sailed Taku Bar for Hong Kong January 1938 - China Station 7th March 1938 - Sailed Penang for Singapore 23rd March 1938 - Sailed Singapore for Jesselton 1st April 1938 - Sailed Jesselton for Manila 3rd April 1938 - Arrived Manila 12th September 1938 - Sailed Hong Kong 11th April 1939 - Sailed Singapore for Bali 15th April 1939 - Arrived Bali 20th April 1939 - Sailed Bali for Singapore 24th April 1939 - Arrived Singapore 26th July 1939 - Sailed Wei Hai Wei for Hong Kong 31st July 1939 - Arrived Hong Kong from Wei Hai Wei 4th August 1939 - Recommissioned at Hong Kong 2nd September 1939 - China Station 3rd September 1939 - Sailed Singapore to patrol Padang area, then to Trincomalee 8th November 1939 - Sailed Singapore for Colombo 12th November 1939 - Arrived Colombo 23rd November 1939 - Force I. At Colombo 12th December 1939 - Arrived Durban 14th December 1939 - Sailed Durban 15th December 1939 - Arrived Durban 25th January 1940 - Sailed Colombo 26th January 1940 - Arrived Trincomalee 30th January 1940 - At Colombo 13th February 1940 - Force I 14th March 1940 - In the Bay of Bengal 9th May 1940 - Sailed Singapore after repairs 7th September 1940 - Battle Of Punto Stilo, Italy 10th November 1940 - At Alexandria with defects 12th June 1942 - Joined the convoy (Operation Harpoon) for Malta. 11th August 1942 - Sunk by U-73 | |||
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  HMS Victorious by Ivan Berryman. |   HMS Kelly by Ivan Berryman. |  HMS Eagle 1942-78 by Neil McCart |
  HMS Barham with HMS Eagle in Valetta Harbour in Malta during the 1930s by Ivan Berryman. |   Viceless Lady by Ivan Berryman. (GS) |
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