HMS Eagle (1804)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Eagle and HMS Eaglet.

Eagle
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Eagle
Ordered4 February 1800
BuilderPitcher, Northfleet
Laid downAugust 1800
Launched27 February 1804
FateBurnt, 1926
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeRepulse-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1923 (bm)
Length174 ft (53 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 4 in (14.43 m)
Depth of hold20 ft (6.1 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-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

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  1. ^ The prize money for an ordinary seaman was 10d.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p185.
  2. ^ "(untitled)". The Times. No. 5987. London. 3 April 1804. col C, p. 2.
  3. ^ "No. 16322". The London Gazette. 5 December 1809. p. 1960.
  4. ^ "Simon's Bay from the Town - National Maritime Museum".

Bibliography

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  • 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.


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