HMS Eagle (1679)

HMS Eagle making ready to sail from her offshore anchorage in the Nore, by Peter Monamy
History
Royal Navy EnsignEngland
NameHMS Eagle
OrderedApril 1677
BuilderFurzer, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched31 January 1679
Commissioned1690
Honours and
awards
  • Barfleur 1692
  • Gibraltar 1704
  • Velez Malaga 1704
FateWrecked and lost with all hands, Scilly Islands 22 October 1707
General characteristics as built
Class and type70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen10529194 tons (bm)
Length
  • 151 ft 6 in (46.18 m) gundeck
  • 120 ft 8 in (36.78 m) keel for tonnage
Beam40 ft 6 in (12.34 m)
Draught18 ft 0 in (5.5 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 0 in (5.2 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 1685 Establishment 70/62 guns
  • 26 × demi-cannons (54 cwt – 9.5 ft (LD)
  • 26 × demi-culverins (UD)
  • 10 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (QD)
  • 4 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (Fc)
  • 5 × 5 3-pdr guns 5 cwt – 5 ft (RH)
General characteristics 1699 rebuild
Class and type70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen10995594 tons (bm)
Length
  • 156 ft 6 in (47.7 m) gundeck
  • 125 ft 0 in (38.1 m) keel for tonnage
Beam40 ft 8 in (12.4 m)
Depth of hold17 ft 3 in (5.3 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 1685 Establishment 70/62 guns
  • 26 × demi-cannons (54 cwt – 9.5 ft (LD)
  • 26 × demi-culverins (UD)
  • 10 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (QD)
  • 4 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (Fc)
  • 5 × 5 3-pdr guns 5 cwt – 5 ft (RH)

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]

  1. ^ Colledge (2020)
  2. ^ Thomas (1998), Section B, Barfleur
  3. ^ Thomas (1998), Section G, Gibraltar
  4. ^ Thomas (1998), Section V, Velez Malaga