HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Ordered by Chile during the South American dreadnought race as the Almirante Latorre-class battleship Almirante Cochrane, she was laid down before World War I. In early 1918 she was purchased by Britain for conversion to an aircraft carrier; this work was finished in 1924.

HMS Eagle was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, in service 1951–1972. Until the arrival of the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers in the 21st century, she and her sister Ark Royal were the two largest Royal Navy aircraft carriers ever built.

HMS Eagle (1918) was an early aircraft carrier, converted from an unfinished Chilean battleship, Almirante Cochrane, launched in 1918, and sunk in 1942. HMS Eagle was to have been an Audacious -class aircraft carrier, laid down in 1944, but cancelled in 1945.

Apr 3, 2020 · HMS Eagle was the former deadnought Almirante Cochrane ordered by Chile, requisitioned to be completed as a Carrier in 1918. She fought in WW2, lost 1942.

Mar 19, 2021 · HMS Eagle (R 05): HMS Eagle was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, in service 1951-1972. With her sister ship Ark Royal, she was one of the two largest Royal Navy aircraft carriers yet built.

2 days ago · In August 1942, HMS Eagle, a seasoned Royal Navy aircraft carrier, surged through the Mediterranean at 24 knots as part of the high-stakes Operation Pedestal, aimed at relieving the besieged ...

Chilean Dreadnought battleship purchased by the Admiralty on 28th February 1918 and converted for use as an aircraft carrier. This ship had been laid down at Elswick by Armstrongs on 20th February 1913 and was to have been named ALMIRANTE COCHRANE. After purchase build was continued and she was launched as EAGLE on 8th June 1918.

British battleship HMS Nelson and aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, en route from Cape Town, South Africa to Freetown, Sierra Leone, British West Africa in search of German armed merchant cruiser Atlantis, sailed within 7 kilometers of the German ship without detecting her.

Apr 10, 2024 · HMS Eagle (launched 1946 as R06) was the first of WW2 improved Implacable class fleet carriers, completed in 1952, in service until 1972.

HMS Eagle was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, in service 1951-1972. With her sister ship Ark Royal, she is one of the two largest British aircraft carriers yet built. She was initially laid down on 24 October 1942 at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast as one of four ships of the Audacious -class aircraft carrier.