Sea Weapons

Fleet Carrier (1924)

Eagle

HMS Eagle (94)
HMS Eagle (1942)

Preceded by:

Furious (1918)

Succeeded by:

Courageous (1928)

Datafile

ClassEagle
TypeFleet Carrier
Year1924
Crew950
Dimensions
Length203.5 m
Beam32 m
Draught7.5 m
Displacement
Empty21,630 t
Loaded26,800 t
Performance
Speed42 km/h
Range7,408 km @ 33 km/h
Machinery
Shafts4
Turbines4 x Geared steam
50,000 hp
Brown-Curtis
Boilers32 x Yarrow
FuelOil: 2,990 t
Armament
Main9 x 152-mm/50 (12 x 1)
BL 6"/50 Mk. XVII
-7° / +15°

Anti-Aircraft4 x 102-mm (4 x 1)
QF 4"/45 Mk. V
Torpedo tubes6 x 533-mm (2 x 3)
Armor
Belt25 - 114 mm
Bulkhead102 mm
Deck25 - 38 mm
Gun turret76 mm
Aircraft
Aircraft21-25
Production
Built1
Total1

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Eagle 94 Armstrong20/02/191308/06/191820/02/192411/08/1942 Loss by submarine

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