HMS Eagle

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Eagle", after the eagle.

*HMS "Eagle" was an ex-merchantman purchased in 1592 and in use as a careening hulk. She was sold in 1683.
*HMS "Eagle" was a 12-gun ship, previously the French ship "Aigle", captured in 1650 and sold in 1655.
*HMS "Eagle" was a 22-gun armed ship, previously named HMS "Selby". She was renamed HMS "Eagle" in 1660, used as a fireship from 1674 and sunk as a foundation in 1694.
*HMS "Eagle" was a 6-gun fireship captured from the Algerians in 1670 and expended in 1671.
*HMS "Eagle" was a 6-gun fireship purchased in 1672 and foundered in 1673.
*HMS "Eagle" was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1699 and wrecked in 1707.
*HMS "Eagle" was a 10-gun advice boat launched in 1696 and wrecked in 1703.
*HMS "Eagle" was a fireship sunk in 1745 as a breakwater.
*HMS "Eagle" was a 58-gun fourth rate launched in 1745 and sold in 1767.
*HMS "Eagle" was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1745. Her fate is unknown.
*HMS "Eagle" was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1774. She was attacked by the submersible "Turtle" during the American Revolution, was placed on harbour service from 1790 and renamed HMS "Buckingham" in 1800. She was broken up in 1812.
*HMS "Eagle" was a 4-gun gunvessel, formerly a Dutch hoy purchased in 1794. She was sold in 1804.
*HMS "Eagle" was a 12-gun gun-brig, previously the French ship "Venteux". She was captured in 1803, renamed HMS "Eclipse" later that year and was sold in 1807.
*HMS "Eagle" was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1804. She was reduced to 50 guns in 1830, and then became a training school in 1860, being renamed HMS "Eaglet" in 1918. She was lost in a fire in 1926 and the wreck was sold in 1927.
*HMS "Eagle" was a brig built in 1812. She was captured by the Americans in 1812, recaptured in 1813 and renamed HMS "Chubb" and sold in 1822.
*HMS "Eagle" was an early aircraft carrier, converted from an unfinished Chilean battleship, the "Almirante Cochrane", launched in 1918, and sunk in 1942.
*HMS "Eagle" was to have been an "Audacious" class carrier, laid down in 1944, but cancelled in 1945.
*HMS "Eagle" was an "Audacious" class aircraft carrier, launched in 1946 and broken up in 1978.

There was also HMS "Eagle Shallop", a 6-gun sloop built in 1648 and listed until 1653.

See also

* HMS "Eaglet"
* French ship "Aigle"