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HMS Eagle |
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HMS Eagle Laid Down : 24th October 1942 Launched : 19th March 1946 Completed : 5th October 1951 Type : Aircraft Carrier Class : Audacious Builder : Harland and Wolff Country : UK Pennants : R05 Fate : Scrapped 19th October 1978. |
| Deck Letter E. Laid down as HMS Audacious, her name was changed to Eagle before launching. |
HMS Eagle Photos for Sale |
  HMS Eagle, c.1952. |   HMS Eagle, May 1959. |   HMS Eagle, May 1959. |   HMS Eagle, December 1964. |   HMS Eagle, August 1972. |
  HMS Eagle, August 1972. |   HMS Eagle, August 1974. |   HMS Eagle, August 1974. |   HMS Eagle pictured c. December 1951 |   HMS Eagle circa 1951 |
  HMS Eagle. |
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19th March 1946 - Launched 25th October 1951 - Capt. G. Willoughby in Command 18th March 1952 - Exercising in the English Channel 18th March 1952 - Capt Guy Willoughby in Command 13th September 1952 - Commenced "Exercise Mainbrace" 24th September 1952 - Completed "Exercise Mainbrace" October 1952 - At Invergordon January 1953 - Flagship of Rear-Admiral J.A. Hughes Hallett January 1953 - Sailed UK for the Mediterranean 15th June 1953 - Participated in 1953 Coronation Review 16th September 1953 - Commenced "Exercise Mariner 5th October 1953 - Completed "Exercise Mariner" 25th December 1953 - At Plymouth 6th January 1954 - Sailed Portland for Home Fleet Spring Cruise 8th February 1954 - Sailed Portland for exercises with the Home Fleet 9th February 1954 - Sailed Portland for the Mediterranean 15th February 1954 - At Gibraltar 3rd May 1954 - At Malta for the visit of Queen Elizabeth 18th May 1955 - Flying Trials 40 miles South West of the Isle of Wight 19th May 1955 - Arrived Portsmouth 20th May 1955 - Sailed Portsmouth for the Mediterranean 24th February 1957 - Commissioned 16th September 1957 - Sailed the Clyde for N.A.T.O. Exercise 1st June 1958 - Off Barcelona 18th July 1958 - Arrived between Cyprus and Lebanon November 1958 - Exercise "Phoenix" 11th April 1959 - At Plymouth 29th April 1959 - Visit of H.M. The Queen June 1959 - Off Cyprus 24th April 1961 - At Plymouth 25th January 1964 - Sailed Plymouth for pre-commissioning trials in the English Channel 3rd November 1967 - At Aden for the withdrawal 29th July 1969 - Celebrating the 381st Anniversary of the Defeat of the Armada 3rd October 1969 - At Gibraltar during tension with Spain 25th March 1970 - Arrived Plymouth 2nd June 1970 - Capt. Ian Robertson in Command 26th September 1970 - Sailed Plymouth for trials 26th September 1970 - Sailed Plymouth 9th October 1970 - Arrived Plymouth 9th November 1970 - Sailed Plymouth for the Moray Firth and Flying trials 9th November 1970 - Sailed Plymouth 21st November 1970 - Arrived Southampton 26th November 1970 - Sailed Southampton 10th December 1970 - Arrived Plymouth 19th January 1971 - Sailed Plymouth 6th February 1971 - Arrived Gibraltar 8th February 1971 - Sailed Gibraltar 12th February 1971 - Arrived Villefranche 17th February 1971 - Sailed Villefranche 4th March 1971 - Arrived Malta 22nd March 1971 - Sailed Malta 31st March 1971 - Arrived Gibraltar 2nd April 1971 - Sailed Gibraltar 7th April 1971 - Arrived Plymouth 26th May 1971 - Sailed Plymouth 17th June 1971 - Arrived Capetown 22nd June 1971 - Sailed Capetown 8th July 1971 - Arrived Singapore 21st July 1971 - Sailed Singapore 9th August 1971 - Sailed Sydney 20th August 1971 - Arrived Auckland 26th August 1971 - Sailed Auckland 9th September 1971 - Arrived Fremantle 14th September 1971 - Sailed Fremantle 20th September 1971 - Arrived Singapore 4th October 1971 - Arrived Sydney 5th October 1971 - Sailed Singapore 15th October 1971 - Arrived Hong Kong 27th October 1971 - Sailed Hong Kong 22nd December 1971 - Arrived Durban 4th January 1972 - Sailed Durban 19th January 1972 - Arrived Gibraltar 20th January 1972 - Sailed Gibraltar 1978 - Broken up | |||
HMS Eagle Artwork Collection |
  HMS Eagle and HMS Albion by Ivan Berryman. |  HMS Eagle 1942-78 by Neil McCart |   Up and Over by Randall Wilson. |
  HMS Eagle and HMS Albion by Ivan Berryman. |  Moment of Truth by Robert Tomlin. |
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