HMS Eagle (1804)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Eagle |
| Ordered: | 4 February 1800 |
| Builder: | Pitcher, Northfleet |
| Laid down: | August 1800 |
| Launched: | 27 February 1804 |
| Fate: | Burnt, 1926 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Repulse-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1923 tons (1953.9 tonnes) |
| Length: | 174 ft (53 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 47 ft 4 in (14.4 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
74 guns:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Eagle.
HMS Eagle was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 February 1804 at Northfleet.
In 1830 she was reduced to a 50-gun ship, and became a training ship in 1860. She was renamed HMS Eaglet in 1919, when she was the Royal Naval Reserve training centre for North West England. Eagle was destroyed by fire in 1926.
[edit] References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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