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).
Notes
Ordered as HMS Audacious, name changed Jan 21, 1946 to HMS Eagle.


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