HMS Eagle (1745)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Eagle.
| Career (Great Britain) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Eagle |
| Ordered: | 10 April 1744 |
| Builder: | Barnard, Harwich |
| Launched: | 2 December 1745 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1767 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | 1741 proposals 58-gun fourth rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1,130 long tons (1,148.1 t) |
| Length: | 147 ft (44.8 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 42 ft (12.8 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 18 ft 1 in (5.5 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 58 guns:
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HMS Eagle was a 58-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Harwich to the dimensions laid down in the 1741 proposals of the 1719 Establishment, and launched on 2 December 1745.[1] She was under the command of George Rodney between 1747 and 1748 during the War of the Austrian Succession. Eagle is also notable as being the ship in which James Cook began his career in the Royal Navy, serving from 1755 to 1757 as Able Seaman and master's mate under Captain Joseph Hamar for his first year aboard, and Captain Hugh Palliser thereafter.[2]
Eagle was sold out of the navy in 1767.[1]
Notes
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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