She was initially laid down on 24 October 1942 at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast as one of four ships of the Audaciousclass. These were laid down during World War II as part of the British naval buildup during that conflict. Two were cancelled at the end of hostilities, and the remaining two were suspended. Originally designated Audacious, she was renamed as Eagle (the fifteenth Royal Navy ship to receive this name), taking the name of the cancelled third ship of the class on 21 January 1946. She was finally launched by Princess Elizabeth on 19 March 1946.
Several changes were incorporated into the design, although Eagle was launched too early to see an angled flight deck installed, and the ship was commissioned in October 1951. A year later she took part in the first large NATO naval exercise, Exercise Mainbrace.
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 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.
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.
On 7 September 1776, the experimental American submarine Turtle, under the guidance of army volunteer Sergeant Ezra Lee, was alleged to have attacked HMS Eagle, which was moored off what is today called Liberty Island, but was unable to bore through the hull. When Lee attempted another spot in the hull, he lost the ship, and eventually abandoned the attempt.
British naval historian Richard Compton-Hall stated that the problems of achieving neutral buoyancy would have rendered the vertical propeller useless. The route the Turtle would have had to take to attack HMS Eagle was slightly across the tidal stream which would, in all probability, have resulted in Ezra Lee becoming exhausted having only 20 minutes of air. There is no record of the Royal Navy recording an attack. In the face of these and other problems Compton-Hall suggests that the Turtle got nowhere near HMS Eagle and the entire story was fabricated as disinformation and morale-boosting propaganda, and that if Ezra Lee did carry out an attack it was in a covered rowing boat rather than the Turtle.
HMS Eagle was laid down during WW2 but served the UK and NATO into The Cold War and the jet age.
In the final years of World War Two, the British Royal Navy had begun construction of the Audacious Class of aircraft carriers. The 4 ships were HMS Audacious, HMS Irresistible, HMS Africa and HMS Eagle.
The were designed to help win the war but also to accommodate the larger, next generation of aircraft that were in development.
They were not completed by the end of world war 2 and due to financial restraints, HMS Africa and HMS Eagle were cancelled.
HMS Irresistible and HMS Audacious would continue however and were renamed Ark Royal and Eagle, after previous lost carriers.
These aircraft carriers would help develop the British Royal Navy and their carrier fleet technology and see large change...
published: 08 Oct 2021
HMS Eagle: Royal Aircraft Carrier (1969) | Extra! | British Pathé
This Pathé 'Extra!' segment depicts the HMS Eagle in 1969, which was the 15th in a long line of Royal Navy ships to carry that name. This particular ship was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier that hosted all manner of planes from the de Havilland Sea Vixen to the McDonnell Douglas Phantom.
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(FILM ID:2221.15)
Extra ! HMS Eagle.
Aerial shot of the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle of the Royal Navy. M/S of radar tower. Several shots of jet aircraft on the deck of the ship including Sea Vixens, Gannets ...
published: 13 Apr 2014
HMS Eagle (R05)
Replenishment At Sea with RFA Fort Duquesne 12 March 1965, and some Flight Deck Ops.
Frame by frame scan from 8mm Standard 8 Cine.
published: 16 May 2022
Hms Eagle 1966 Part2 of 3
HMS Eagle 1996
published: 21 Jan 2015
Royal Navy Wyvern S.4 operations from HMS Eagle (R05) during the Suez operation of November 1956
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm 830 Naval Air Squadron
The Westland Wyvern was a British single-seat carrier-based multi-role strike aircraft that served in the 1950s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Wyvern
Footages from Imperial War Museums
published: 22 Feb 2022
HMS Eagle 1966
published: 21 Jan 2015
HMS Eagle. R05 1968
published: 27 Sep 2020
HMS Eagle - Guide 166
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Royal Navy Sea Hawks operations from HMS Eagle (R05) during the Suez operation of November 1956
The Hawker Sea Hawk is a British single-seat jet day-fighter of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the air branch of the Royal Navy (RN), built by Hawker Aircraft and its sister company, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. Although its design originated from earlier Hawker piston-engined fighters, the Sea Hawk became the company's first jet aircraft.
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HMS HERMES R12 ENTERS DEVONPORT NAVAL BASE AND PASSES HMS EAGLE R05 (SLIDE SHOW) - 25th May 1977
HMS Hermes R12 enters Devonport Naval Base and passes the mothballed / decommissioned aircraft carrier HMS Eagle R05 on 25th May 1977.
HMS Eagle was laid down during WW2 but served the UK and NATO into The Cold War and the jet age.
In the final years of World War Two, the British Royal Navy had...
HMS Eagle was laid down during WW2 but served the UK and NATO into The Cold War and the jet age.
In the final years of World War Two, the British Royal Navy had begun construction of the Audacious Class of aircraft carriers. The 4 ships were HMS Audacious, HMS Irresistible, HMS Africa and HMS Eagle.
The were designed to help win the war but also to accommodate the larger, next generation of aircraft that were in development.
They were not completed by the end of world war 2 and due to financial restraints, HMS Africa and HMS Eagle were cancelled.
HMS Irresistible and HMS Audacious would continue however and were renamed Ark Royal and Eagle, after previous lost carriers.
These aircraft carriers would help develop the British Royal Navy and their carrier fleet technology and see large changes to aviation at sea. From propeller driven aircraft and into the jet age with the McDonnel Douglas F4 Phantom.
She would see action in the Suez Crisis as well as playing her part in major NATO exercises as the cold war intensified.
Several refits and rebuilds would see the evolution of the angled flight deck as well as optical landing systems.
HMS Eagle was a formidable aircraft carrier that helped develop military aviation at sea and moved most definitely into the jet age.
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HMS Eagle was laid down during WW2 but served the UK and NATO into The Cold War and the jet age.
In the final years of World War Two, the British Royal Navy had begun construction of the Audacious Class of aircraft carriers. The 4 ships were HMS Audacious, HMS Irresistible, HMS Africa and HMS Eagle.
The were designed to help win the war but also to accommodate the larger, next generation of aircraft that were in development.
They were not completed by the end of world war 2 and due to financial restraints, HMS Africa and HMS Eagle were cancelled.
HMS Irresistible and HMS Audacious would continue however and were renamed Ark Royal and Eagle, after previous lost carriers.
These aircraft carriers would help develop the British Royal Navy and their carrier fleet technology and see large changes to aviation at sea. From propeller driven aircraft and into the jet age with the McDonnel Douglas F4 Phantom.
She would see action in the Suez Crisis as well as playing her part in major NATO exercises as the cold war intensified.
Several refits and rebuilds would see the evolution of the angled flight deck as well as optical landing systems.
HMS Eagle was a formidable aircraft carrier that helped develop military aviation at sea and moved most definitely into the jet age.
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This Pathé 'Extra!' segment depicts the HMS Eagle in 1969, which was the 15th in a long line of Royal Navy ships to carry that name. This particular ship was an...
This Pathé 'Extra!' segment depicts the HMS Eagle in 1969, which was the 15th in a long line of Royal Navy ships to carry that name. This particular ship was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier that hosted all manner of planes from the de Havilland Sea Vixen to the McDonnell Douglas Phantom.
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(FILM ID:2221.15)
Extra ! HMS Eagle.
Aerial shot of the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle of the Royal Navy. M/S of radar tower. Several shots of jet aircraft on the deck of the ship including Sea Vixens, Gannets and Phantoms. Shots of jet plane taxiing on runway. M/S to L/S of Sea Vixen taking off from the deck. M/Ss of three men working in the control tower. M/Ss of pilot sitting in cockpit of jet on the deck. Good shot of deck crew at work preparing jet plane for takeoff. L/Ss of Phantom aircraft taking-off. L/S and M/S of the aircraft in-flight. L/S of deck of ship. An aircraft lands on the deck of the ship. M/S of arrester wire. Another shot of plane landing. M/S of Westland Wessex helicopter hovering nearby. Air to air shot of phantom in-flight. M/S shots of plane landing. L/Ss of the aircraft carrier.
BRITISH PATHÉ'S STORY
Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it.
Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance.
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
This Pathé 'Extra!' segment depicts the HMS Eagle in 1969, which was the 15th in a long line of Royal Navy ships to carry that name. This particular ship was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier that hosted all manner of planes from the de Havilland Sea Vixen to the McDonnell Douglas Phantom.
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(FILM ID:2221.15)
Extra ! HMS Eagle.
Aerial shot of the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle of the Royal Navy. M/S of radar tower. Several shots of jet aircraft on the deck of the ship including Sea Vixens, Gannets and Phantoms. Shots of jet plane taxiing on runway. M/S to L/S of Sea Vixen taking off from the deck. M/Ss of three men working in the control tower. M/Ss of pilot sitting in cockpit of jet on the deck. Good shot of deck crew at work preparing jet plane for takeoff. L/Ss of Phantom aircraft taking-off. L/S and M/S of the aircraft in-flight. L/S of deck of ship. An aircraft lands on the deck of the ship. M/S of arrester wire. Another shot of plane landing. M/S of Westland Wessex helicopter hovering nearby. Air to air shot of phantom in-flight. M/S shots of plane landing. L/Ss of the aircraft carrier.
BRITISH PATHÉ'S STORY
Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it.
Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance.
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm 830 Naval Air Squadron
The Westland Wyvern was a British single-seat carrier-based multi-role strike aircraft that served in the 1950s....
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm 830 Naval Air Squadron
The Westland Wyvern was a British single-seat carrier-based multi-role strike aircraft that served in the 1950s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Wyvern
Footages from Imperial War Museums
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm 830 Naval Air Squadron
The Westland Wyvern was a British single-seat carrier-based multi-role strike aircraft that served in the 1950s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Wyvern
Footages from Imperial War Museums
HMS Eagle, a converted aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, is today's subject.
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The Hawker Sea Hawk is a British single-seat jet day-fighter of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the air branch of the Royal Navy (RN), built by Hawker Aircraft and its...
The Hawker Sea Hawk is a British single-seat jet day-fighter of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the air branch of the Royal Navy (RN), built by Hawker Aircraft and its sister company, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. Although its design originated from earlier Hawker piston-engined fighters, the Sea Hawk became the company's first jet aircraft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Hawk
Footages from Imperial War Museums
The Hawker Sea Hawk is a British single-seat jet day-fighter of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the air branch of the Royal Navy (RN), built by Hawker Aircraft and its sister company, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. Although its design originated from earlier Hawker piston-engined fighters, the Sea Hawk became the company's first jet aircraft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Hawk
Footages from Imperial War Museums
HMS Eagle was laid down during WW2 but served the UK and NATO into The Cold War and the jet age.
In the final years of World War Two, the British Royal Navy had begun construction of the Audacious Class of aircraft carriers. The 4 ships were HMS Audacious, HMS Irresistible, HMS Africa and HMS Eagle.
The were designed to help win the war but also to accommodate the larger, next generation of aircraft that were in development.
They were not completed by the end of world war 2 and due to financial restraints, HMS Africa and HMS Eagle were cancelled.
HMS Irresistible and HMS Audacious would continue however and were renamed Ark Royal and Eagle, after previous lost carriers.
These aircraft carriers would help develop the British Royal Navy and their carrier fleet technology and see large changes to aviation at sea. From propeller driven aircraft and into the jet age with the McDonnel Douglas F4 Phantom.
She would see action in the Suez Crisis as well as playing her part in major NATO exercises as the cold war intensified.
Several refits and rebuilds would see the evolution of the angled flight deck as well as optical landing systems.
HMS Eagle was a formidable aircraft carrier that helped develop military aviation at sea and moved most definitely into the jet age.
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This Pathé 'Extra!' segment depicts the HMS Eagle in 1969, which was the 15th in a long line of Royal Navy ships to carry that name. This particular ship was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier that hosted all manner of planes from the de Havilland Sea Vixen to the McDonnell Douglas Phantom.
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(FILM ID:2221.15)
Extra ! HMS Eagle.
Aerial shot of the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle of the Royal Navy. M/S of radar tower. Several shots of jet aircraft on the deck of the ship including Sea Vixens, Gannets and Phantoms. Shots of jet plane taxiing on runway. M/S to L/S of Sea Vixen taking off from the deck. M/Ss of three men working in the control tower. M/Ss of pilot sitting in cockpit of jet on the deck. Good shot of deck crew at work preparing jet plane for takeoff. L/Ss of Phantom aircraft taking-off. L/S and M/S of the aircraft in-flight. L/S of deck of ship. An aircraft lands on the deck of the ship. M/S of arrester wire. Another shot of plane landing. M/S of Westland Wessex helicopter hovering nearby. Air to air shot of phantom in-flight. M/S shots of plane landing. L/Ss of the aircraft carrier.
BRITISH PATHÉ'S STORY
Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it.
Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance.
British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm 830 Naval Air Squadron
The Westland Wyvern was a British single-seat carrier-based multi-role strike aircraft that served in the 1950s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Wyvern
Footages from Imperial War Museums
HMS Eagle, a converted aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, is today's subject.
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-De Zeven Provinciën
-USS Langley
-Kongo class
-St Louis class
-HMS Caroline
-All-big-gun designs
-USS Oregon
-Gascogne
-Alsace
-Lyon and Normandie classes
-Leander class
-HMS Ajax
-Project 1047
-Battle class
-Daring class
-USS Indianapolis
-Atago/Takao
-Midway class
-Graf Zeppelin
-Bathurst class
-RHS Queen Olga
-HMS Belfast
-Aurora
-Imperator Nikolai I
-USS Helena
-USS Tennesse
-HMNZS New Zealand
-HMS Queen Mary
-USS Marblehead
-New York class
-L-20e
-Abdiel class
-Panserskib (Armoured ship) Rolf Krake
-HMS Victoria
-HMS Charybdis
-Eidsvold class
-IJN “Special” DD's
-SMS Emden
-Ships of Battle of Campeche
-USS England (DE-635)
-Tashkent
-1934A Class
-HMS Plym (K271)
-Siegfried class
Music - https://www.youtube.com/c/NCMEpicMusic
The Hawker Sea Hawk is a British single-seat jet day-fighter of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the air branch of the Royal Navy (RN), built by Hawker Aircraft and its sister company, Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft. Although its design originated from earlier Hawker piston-engined fighters, the Sea Hawk became the company's first jet aircraft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_Sea_Hawk
Footages from Imperial War Museums
She was initially laid down on 24 October 1942 at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast as one of four ships of the Audaciousclass. These were laid down during World War II as part of the British naval buildup during that conflict. Two were cancelled at the end of hostilities, and the remaining two were suspended. Originally designated Audacious, she was renamed as Eagle (the fifteenth Royal Navy ship to receive this name), taking the name of the cancelled third ship of the class on 21 January 1946. She was finally launched by Princess Elizabeth on 19 March 1946.
Several changes were incorporated into the design, although Eagle was launched too early to see an angled flight deck installed, and the ship was commissioned in October 1951. A year later she took part in the first large NATO naval exercise, Exercise Mainbrace.