Eagle Class Aircraft Carrier Class Overview

Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth
& Company Ltd.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England

June 8, 1918
Feb. 26, 1924
Fate
Sunk Aug. 11, 1942 by U-73. (torpedo)

Location: Mediterranean Sea, 70 miles south of Cape Salinas, Majorca Island,
Balearic Islands.
(38.05N - 03.02E)

160 men onboard killed, 2 died of wounds on Aug. 12.
927 survivors picked up by HMS Laforey F-99, HMS Lookout G-32 and HMS Jaunty W-30.
(Roll of Honour)


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