HMS Eagle making ready to sail from her offshore anchorage in the Nore, by Peter Monamy
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History | |
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Name | HMS Eagle |
Ordered | April 1677 |
Builder | Furzer, Portsmouth Dockyard |
Launched | 31 January 1679 |
Commissioned | 1690 |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Wrecked and lost with all hands, Scilly Islands 22 October 1707 |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 105291⁄94 tons (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 40 ft 6 in (12.34 m) |
Draught | 18 ft 0 in (5.5 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 0 in (5.2 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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General characteristics 1699 rebuild | |
Class and type | 70-gun third rate ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 109955⁄94 tons (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 40 ft 8 in (12.4 m) |
Depth of hold | 17 ft 3 in (5.3 m) |
Propulsion | Sails |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS Eagle was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard during 1677/79. When completed she was placed in Ordinary for 10 years. She was in active commission during the War of the English Succession partaking in the Battle of Barfleur. She was rebuilt in 1699 at Chatham. She again played an active role in the early part of the War of Spanish Succession participating in the Capture of Gibraltar, and the Battle of Velez Malaga. She was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly in October 1707.
She was the seventh vessel to bear the name Eagle since it was used for a careening hulk, an ex-merchantman, purchased in 1592, and sold at Chatham in 1683.[1]
HMS Eagle was awarded the Battle Honour Barfleur 1692,[2] Gibraltar 1704,[3] and Velez-Malaga 1704.[4]