HMS Eagle (1804)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Eagle.

History

United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Eagle
Ordered:	4 February 1800
Builder:	Pitcher, Northfleet
Laid down:	August 1800
Launched:	27 February 1804
Fate:	Burnt, 1926
General characteristics ^[1]
Class & type:	Repulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen:	1923 (bm)
Length:	174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam:	47 ft 4 in (14.43 m)
Depth of hold:	20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion:	Sails
Sail plan:	Full rigged ship
Armament:	Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounder guns Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounder guns QD: 14 × 9-pounder guns Fc: 4 × 9-pounder guns

HMS Eagle was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 February 1804 at Northfleet.^[1]

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. A fire destroyed Eagle in 1926.^[1]

Notes

1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p185.

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.

Repulse-class ships of the line

Sceptre Repulse Eagle Magnificent Valiant Elizabeth Cumberland Venerable Talavera Malabar Belleisle

Preceded by: Fame class Followed by: Swiftsure class List of ships of the line of the Royal Navy

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