Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Eagle'', after the

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. * was an ex-merchantman purchased in 1592 and in use as a careening hulk. She was sold in 1683. * was a 6-gun shallop

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, listed until 1653. * was a 12-gun ship, previously the French ship ''Aigle'', captured in 1650 and sold in 1655. * was a 22-gun armed ship, previously named . She was renamed HMS ''Eagle'' in 1660, used as a fireship from 1674 and sunk as a foundation in 1694. * was a 6-gun fireship captured from the Algerians in 1670 and expended in 1671. * was a 6-gun fireship purchased in 1672 and foundered in 1673. * was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1699 and wrecked in 1707. * was a 10-gun advice boat launched in 1696 and wrecked in 1703. * was a fireship sunk in 1745 as a

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. * was a 58-gun fourth rate launched in 1745 and sold in 1767. * was a 14-gun

launched in 1745. Her fate is unknown. * 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. * was a 4-gun gunvessel, formerly a Dutch

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purchased in 1794. She was sold in 1804. * HMS ''Eagle'' (1803) was a 12-gun gun-brig, previously the French ''Venteux''. captured her in 1803. The Royal Navy renamed her in 1804 and sold her in 1807. * 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 in 1918. She was lost in a fire in 1926; the wreck was sold in 1927. * was a one-gun

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built in 1812 that served as a tender to . The American fishing smack ''Yankee'' used a stratagem to capture ''Eagle'' on 4 July 1812. * was an American gunboat captured at the Battle of Lake Borgne on 14 December 1814. She remained in service until at least 4 June 1815. Prize money for her and the other vessels captured at the battle was paid in July 1821. * HMS ''Eagle'' (shore establishment) was the name of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve training facility at Liverpool from 1904. It was renamed in 1918. * was an early

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, converted from an unfinished Chilean battleship, , launched in 1918, and sunk in 1942. * HMS ''Eagle'' was to have been an , laid down in 1944, but cancelled in 1945. * was an ''Audacious''-class aircraft carrier originally designated HMS ''Audacious'', launched in 1946 and broken up in 1978.

Battle honours

Ships named ''Eagle'' have earned the following battle honours: *

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, 1653 * Gabbard, 1653 *

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, 1665 * Orfordness, 1666 * Barfleur, 1692 *

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, 1704 * Velez Malaga, 1704 * Ushant, 1747 *

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, 1782 * Providien, 1782 * Negapatam, 1782 * Trincomalee, 1782 *

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, 1940 * Mediterranean, 1940 * Malta Convoys, 1942

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* *Paullin, Charles Oscar and Frederic Logan Paxson (1914) ''Guide to the materials in London archives for the history of the United States since 1783''. (Carnegie Institution of Washington). __NOTOC__ {{DEFAULTSORT:Eagle, Hms Royal Navy ship names

Battle honours

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