HMS Eagle |
Type: |
Aircraft Carrier |
Class: |
Ark Royal |
Builder: |
Harland & Wolff Ltd. Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Pennant Number: |
D-29 (Audacious) R-05 |
Ordered: |
May 19, 1942 |
Launched: |
March 19, 1946 |
Keel Laid: |
October 24, 1942 |
Completed: |
October 5, 1951 |
Fate: |
Sold in 1978 and scrapped at Cairnryan, Scotland (1978-1980). |
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Notes |
Ordered as HMS Audacious, name changed Jan 21, 1946 to HMS Eagle. |
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Page published Sept. 1, 2013 |