HMS Eagle

HMS Eagle was the name of eighteen ships in the history of the Royal Navy, named after the English word for eagle:

• The first HMS Eagle was a merchant ship, which was purchased in 1592 and used as the Hulk until it was sold in 1683.
• The second HMS Eagle was the French pinch Aigle, a ship with 12 guns, which was captured in 1650 and sold again in 1655.
• The third HMS Eagle was the 1660 renamed HMS Selby with 22 cannons, which has been used since 1674 as Brander and 1694 sank after running aground.
• The fourth HMS Eagle was a Brander with 6 guns, who went in 1670 captured by the Barbary States, and in 1671 lost in action.
• The fifth HMS Eagle, another Brander with six guns, was acquired in 1672, was 1673.
• The sixth HMS Eagle was a 70 - gun ship of the third class, which was launched in 1679, was rebuilt in 1699 and was lost in 1707.
• The seventh HMS Eagle, an Aviso with 10 guns, was launched in 1696 and was lost in 1703.
• The eighth HMS Eagle was a Brander, which was sunk as a breakwater in 1745.
• The ninth HMS Eagle, a 58- gun ship of the fourth class, was launched in 1745 and was sold in 1767.
• The tenth HMS Eagle was a 1754, launched in 14 -gun sloop, whose fate is unknown.
• The eleventh HMS Eagle, a two-decker with 64 guns, was launched in 1774, 1776 was the first ship ever of a submarine, the Turtle, attacked, renamed in 1800 in HMS Buckingham and scrapped in 1812.
• The twelfth HMS Eagle, an early Dutch coastal sailors with 4 Cannons, was purchased in 1794 and 1804 sold again.
• The thirteenth HMS Eagle was the French 12 -gun brig Venteux that captures 1803 and was later renamed HMS Eclipse before it was sold in 1807.
• The fourteenth HMS Eagle was a 74- gun ship of the third class, which was launched in 1804, in 1830 reduced to 50 guns, used from 1860 as a stationary training ship for the Royal Naval Reserve, renamed in 1918 in HMS Eaglet and 1926 by fire was destroyed.
• The fifteenth HMS Eagle was a brig built in 1812, which captured the same year by the Americans, was recaptured in the following year, renamed HMS Chubb and sold in 1822.
• The sixteenth HMS Eagle was sunk at her launch in 1918 and the entry into service in 1924 one of the first aircraft carrier, created by conversion of the unfinished Chilean battleship Almirante Cochrane, and was built in 1942 by torpedo from U 73.
• The seventeenth HMS Eagle, an aircraft carrier of the Audacious class was originally started as HMS Audacious, ran 1946 off the stack, was put into service in 1951, from 1959 to 1964 completely rebuilt in 1978 and scrapped.

• In addition, still led a ship named HMS Eagle shallop, a sloop with six cannons, which was built in 1648 and was led to 1653 in the ship's lists.

• Name of ship of the Royal Navy