Ship of the line of the Royal Navy
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 and 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]
On 31 March, she was driven ashore and severely damaged at Northfleet. She was taken into dock for repairs.[ 2] On 11 November 1804, Glatton , together with Eagle , Majestic , Princess of Orange , Raisonable , Africiane , Inspector , Beaver , and the hired armed vessels Swift and Agnes , shared in the capture of the Upstalsboom , H.L. De Haase, Master.[ Note 1]
Eagle returned to the Downs in early 1814. In January 1815 she was in Chatham dockyard undergoing repair. In 1830 she was reduced to a 50-gun ship. In November 1844 Capt. George B. Martin commissioned her for service on the West Indies and North American station. She was back in Devonport by 1848. In 1860 she was employed by the Coast Guard service at Milford Haven.
She was renamed HMS Eaglet in 1918, when she was the Royal Naval Reserve training centre for North West England . A fire destroyed Eagle in 1926.[ 1]
Eagle and Fort Munden, seen from the Landing Place, St Helena , painting by William Innes Pocock , a lieutenant onboard[ 4]
Notes
^ The prize money for an ordinary seaman was 10d.[ 3]
References
Bibliography
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 .
Shipwrecks Other incidents
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1926
Shipwrecks Other incidents