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	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (E-Ed) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		HMS Eagle was a British aircraft carrier of 22600 tons displacement started in 1913 for the Chilean navy as the Battleship Almirante Cochrane but modified into an aircraft carrier before being completed and handed over in 1923.
		HMS Eagle (formerly Audacious) was a British Ark Royal Class fleet aircraft carrier of 33000 tons displacement begun in 1942 and launched in 1946.
		HMS Edinburgh is powered by two Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines; two Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines used for cruising and four diesel generators providing a top speed of 30 knots and a range of 4000 miles at 18 knots.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /R41.HTM (507 words)

	HMS Eagle (R05) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Eagle was one of the two largest British aircraft carriers ever built.
		Originally Audacious, she was finally launched as Eagle (the fifteenth Royal Navy ship to be so named) in March 1946 after the Audacious class carrier Eagle was cancelled.
		In 1959 she was taken to Devonport Dockyard for an extensive refit and modernisation along the lines of that given to HMS Victorious.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Eagle_(R05) (442 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Aircraft Carrier HMS Eagle of the Eagle class
		HMS Eagle joined the Mediterranean fleet in May 1940 after the departure of HMS Glorious, and on 5 July her aircraft attacked enemy shipping in Tobruk.
		On 11 November 1940, five of her aircraft which were embarked in HMS Illustrious took part in the attack on Italian battleships at Taranto.
		This convoy was escorted by the Anti-Aircraft cruisers HMS Calcutta, HMS Coventry and 4 destroyers.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/3255.html (1055 words)

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		HMS EAGLE having suffered damage to her aviation fuel system due to repeated near misses by bombs, was unable to participate with HMS ILLUSTRIOUS in the attack on Taranto on the 11th November.
		HMS EAGLE took part in four further aircraft ferrying convoys to Malta during June and July when she transported a total of 114 Spitfires.
		HMS EAGLE was hit by 4 torpedoes from U73 and sank in just over eight minutes at position 38'05' N: 3'02' E, roughly 80 miles from Algiers.
	freespace.virgin.net /fleetairarm.archive/history.htm (2157 words)

	HMS Eagle aircraft carrier profile. Aircraft Carrier Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		HMS Eagle was built by Armstrong Whitworth and laid down on 20 February 1913.
		HMS Eagle was converted from the partially built Chilean battleship Almirante Cochrane, a Dreadnought Battleship and sister ship to the Chilean Almirante Latorre.
		Eagle went under conversion, first to a sea-plane carrier and then to a strike carrier, which was started during WWI but slowed when it became clear that the ship could not be completed before the end of the war.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Ships/Eagle1.html (1347 words)

	HMS Eagle
		HMS Eagle and HMS Barham shown at Valetta Grand Harbour, Malta, before the outbreak of world war two and its replacement HMS Eagle which served during the 1960s.
		HMS Eagle was built at Clydebank, and was launched on the 8th of June 1918, a former Battleship construction suspended in 1914.
		The destroyer HMS Kelly passes close to the old carrier HMS Eagle as she escorts a convoy in the Mediterranean early in 1941.
	www.ivanberryman.com /hms_eagle.htm (1138 words)

	Audacious class aircraft carrier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Four ships of were laid down between 1942 and 1943 during World War II as part of the British naval buildup - HMS Africa (D.06), HMS Ark Royal, HMS Audacious (D.29) and HMS Eagle (94).
		Laid down in 1942 at Harland and Wolff, Belfast Renamed at the start of 1946 as HMS Eagle after the carrier sunk in 1942.
		As the builds of Eagle and Ark Royal progressed they differed so much that they became the lead ships of each of their own classes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Audacious_class_aircraft_carrier (280 words)

	HMS Eagle, Suez
		Aircraft from HMS Eagle covered an area of 350 milers and had helped to identify 770 ships including 116 tankers in the area.
		HMS Eagle steams past the commando carrier HMS Albion during the withdrawal from Aden in November 1967.
		The carriers HMS Eagle and HMS Albion are pictured together during the withdrawal from Aden in 1967.
	www.navalprints.com /hms_eagle_1951.htm (1632 words)

	Definition of Eagle ray
		Eagle rays feed on [[snail]]s, [[mussel]]s and [[crustacean...
		In the winter this eagle migrates to Africa, India and China.
		1: '''''Eagle in the Snow''''' is considered one of the definit...
	www.wordiq.com /search/Eagle_ray.html (737 words)

	Macpuzl - History Page 04 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		I have since discovered (in a 1931 issue of Jane's) that this is HMS Eagle, a British carrier.
		By the time the war started, the Langley, which was originally built as a collier, had been converted from an aircraft carrier into a seaplane tender.
		HMS Eagle was sunk in the Mediterranean by a German submarine while escorting a convoy to the beseiged island of Malta.
	www.west.net /~macpuzl/hist04.html (157 words)

	Navy News - Jack to Jack - Calling Old Shipmates - D to F (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		HMS Eagle 1958-9: Pete Kemp, variously known as ‘Biscuits’ or latterly ‘Oz’, is looking for ‘Scouse’ Fleet and anyone else that served on 894 Squadron on the Eagle 1958-59.
		HMS Fisgard: Seeking some old acquaintances, John Grantham (Granny) who joined HMS FIsgard in Sept 1957, series 31 and went on it’s believed to the fleet air arm and David Upward who was into boxing at Fisgard.
		HMS Dryad/HMS Pembroke: John (Fergie) Ferguson was in the RN between 1950 and 62.
	www.navynews.co.uk /cos/cosdtof.asp (2958 words)

	HMS Eagle
		Initially laid down in 1942 at Harland and Wolff's, Belfast yard as 'Audacious' (first of four projected carriers of the Audacious Class) She was launched as 'Eagle' (the fifteenth Royal Navy ship to be so named) in March 1946 after the proposed ship of that name was subsequently cancelled.
		In addition to major improvements to her accommodation, machinery and weaponry she also acquired an angled deck, enlarged island and as a result of all these plus more changes; an increased displacement (+50,000 tons) making her the largest ship in the Royal Navy.
		My Stepdad; 'Spike' Hughes served aboard Eagle 1964 to 1966 as a NAM (Naval Air Mechanic) with 800B Flight (Scimitar aircraft) the flight's logo was a brimming over beer tankard, used as a result of sponsorship from a major brewery - drink never being far from a servicemans thoughts.....
	www.red-rooster.co.uk /ships/eagle.htm (255 words)

	HMS Eagle
		Aircraft carrier history of HMS Eagle from its launch to its participation in major wars also notice board for families of ex-crew of the carrier HMS Eagle.
		Father served on the eagle operation pedestal sunk after straits Gibraltar he was stationed in the boiler room he is still living and remembers someone called gale..
		Survived the sinking of HMS Eagle in 1942, served as a pilot with the Fleet Air Arm.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_eagle.htm (1779 words)

	The First HMS Eagle Aircraft Carrier Message Board
		HMS Eagle was built at Clydebank, and was launched on the 8th pf June 1918, a former Battleship construction suspended in 1914.
		My father, Allan Frederick Charles Marsh, served on the Eagle approximately 1941-1942 and family members believe he was on the Eagle when she sunk in 42.
		He also was on board HMS Eagle which was torpedoed in the Mediterranean, he also was n a colony class cruiser HMS Mauritius.
	www.naval-art.com /eagle_1923.htm (1135 words)

	H.M.S Eagle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		H.M.S. (Some Photos Supplied by Ray Jerrard, of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, who supplied these memories of Eagle and Illustrious, two Carriers he served on.
		The Eagle was commissioned in November 1951 and I got to know her quite well.
		Sadly, she was the former pride and joy of the RN, the Eagle was being taken apart for scrap.
	www.rjerrard.co.uk /royalnavy/eagle/eagle.htm (291 words)

	The Sleaze Issue 23 - All Hands on Dick!
		All three of these were apparently present in abundance when, in 1969, during a NATO exercise, the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle 'went gay', raised the lavender flag and set sail to navigate the windward passage to Morocco.
		The Eagle incident was the culmination of a series of gay scandals which rocked the Royal Navy during the late 1960s.
		Significantly, HMS Eagle had visited both Bermuda and Singapore in the six months prior to the 1969 mutiny.
	www.thesleaze.co.uk /handsdick.html (907 words)

	HMS Eagle Crew Noticeboard
		Photographs and information on historical events about HMS Eagle requested for a new website www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk which will be on the web by June 2001.
		My Uncle survived the sinking of HMS Eagle, he is now 80 years old and I wondered how many survivors are still living and how I could contact them.
		My uncle served on HMS Eagle as a Stoker and I believe was made up to a P.O on 13th/14th February 1953.
	www.naval-art.com /c10.htm (931 words)

	Charlie's Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Eagle which, at the time, was the one of the navy's
		HMS Eagle and spent a few months back at the only non-training
		He was drafted to a naval air station, HMS Osprey, at Portland, Dorset.
	members.aol.com /chazlockwood/clph01.html (718 words)

	Military Aviation Art, Attack On the Bridge At Gamil, Westland Wyvern, HMS Eagle, Suez Crisis
		Westland Wyverns from HMS Eagle attack the bridge at Gamil during the Suez Crisis.
		During the Suez Crisis of 1956 on the 3rd of November, HMS Eagle's air group took on the Gamil Bridge a solid causeway, west of Port Said, the coastal link to Alexandria.
		Aircraft from Eagle and Bulwark maintained a CAP overhead until the pilot was rescued by helicopter from Eagle.
	www.marklittlejohn.com /galleries/paintingDetails.asp?id=8 (348 words)

	Audacious Class
		Royal Navy Eagle Class aircraft carriers in which HMS Audacious was renamed HMS Eagle, HMS Irresistible was HMS Ark Royal, HMS Africa was cancelled.
		I served on Eagle during 1971 - 1972 during her last commission and on retiring from the Royal Navy shortly afterwards moved to Northern Ireland and took employment with the Shipbuilder Harland and Wolff, which was where Eagle was built.
		I well remember seeing Eagle at various stages of her dismantling on occasions when travelling between Larne and Stranraer and Cairnryan and thinking what a sad site it is to see a ship being broken up.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /audacious_class.htm (531 words)

	HMS EaGLE
		Much of the Eagle's pre-World War II service was in the Far East, but the carrier moved into the Indian Ocean in September 1939, thence to the Mediterranean to replace the GIorious.
		Arriving back in the Mediterranean early in 1942, she was later involved in the famous August convoy (Operation 'Pedestal') when 41 warships fought through just five out of 14 merchantmen to lift the Malta siege.
		The Eagle was a major casualty, sunk by four torpedoes from U-T3 on 11 August 1942.
	www.xsouth.freeserve.co.uk /hms_eagleww2.htm (396 words)

	HMS Eagle aircraft carrier profile. Aircraft Carrier Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		Eagle was then completed to its original axial deck design.
		Eagle was then refitted to a similar standard to Ark Royal.
		Eagle was paid off on 26 January 1972, she was de-stored and de-equipped on February 1972, after which she was towed to Plymouth 6 August 1972 and used for spares to support Ark Royal over the next six years.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /Ships/Eagle3.html (469 words)

	Spitfires - Malta Bound (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A magnificent Limited Edition Print signed by those involved in the Battle for Malta, including the pilot of the main Spitfire depicted and four Royal Navy HMS Eagle crew members who survived the torpedo attack and subsequent sinking of their ship in just six and a half minutes.
		Escorting Furious to her aft is the Cruiser HMS Manchester together with Destroyers Brave and Lithe.
		In the distance HMS Eagle succumbs to an Axis torpedo attack.
	www.milartgl.com /HTML_3a/spitfires_malta_bound.htm (286 words)

	Red Alert2 War Stories - fan fiction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The T-28’s turret broke Chris’s leg in many places, the Westland Dragonfly helicopter from HMS Eagle managed to lift the turret off him, then a commando and a medic lifted him onto a stretcher, they placed Chris inside the Dragonfly helicopter and flew him out of the oil field.
		The Dragonfly landed on HMS Eagle, he was taken off the Dragonfly and into the sick bay inside HMS Eagle.
		After Chris had his X-ray, another Dragonfly helicopter landed on HMS Eagle, a man wearing pilots uniform was hurriedly taken off on a stretcher into the sick bay, he was bleeding heavily.
	www.cncgames.com /warstories_3/old_soldiers.shtml (1725 words)

	Aircraft Carriers & Ships
		Hinch is quickly becoming SF's Carrier King, and one of his projects is the HMS Victorious, after her post war angled deck modernisation.
		HMS Victorious after her 8 year post World War Two moderisation.
		THe recently released Sea Hurricane Ib is from the squadrom embarked on HMS Eagle in 1942.
	www.grampsflightsims.com /aircraft_carriers.htm (740 words)

	Charlie Lockwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		This was followed by a draft to HMS Blake (an assault ship).
		Cornwall and this is where they were living when their two sons were born.
		He served at HMS Heron as the Senior Rates Mess Manager until 30th May 1992.
	members.aol.com /chazlockwood/cl.html (1025 words)

	The Turtle
		The HMS Eagle was moored with a gun frigate.
		Eagle was scared away when they saw the Turtle because when they were chasing it
		The HMS Eagle saw it as a threat and moved their fleet.
	www.fortunecity.com /campus/history/683/gm-pm.htm (508 words)

	eBay - eagles postcard, Postcards Paper, Historical Memorabilia items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		EAGLE RIVER WISCONSIN WI Y.Z. Lodge RPPC Postcard
		Eagle River Canon CO Gilman and Iron Mask Mine Postcard
		Eagle Pass TX 1950's Street Scene postcard Texas
	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=eagles+postcard&...&krd=1 (403 words)

	Articles - Operation Pedestal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		HMS Furious launches her shipment of Supermarine Spitfires, which fly on to Malta for the defence of the island.
		The destroyer HMS Wolverine (escorting Furious) detects, rams and sinks the Italian submarine Dagabur.
		In the same air attack the destroyer HMS Foresight was sunk.
	gaple.com /articles/Operation_Pedestal?mySession=e4e8dd48dce01861813... (1026 words)

	Helicopter Database - UK dragonfly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		1 of the 6 Sikorsky S-51s imported by Westland was taken on by the RN for trials on board HMS Vengenance (R71) in early 1949, while the development programme continued.
		RNAS Lossiemouth (HMS Fulmar) was the 1st shore station to equip its SAR Flight with Dragonfly in Mar 1953.
		There was a single Dragonfly planeguard on HMS Eagle (R05) between 1952 and 1959, on HMS Albion (R07) and HMS Centaur (R06) from 1954 to 1960, HMS Bulwark (R08) 1955-1958, on HMS Ark Royal (R09) from 1955 to 1960 and on HMS Hermes (R12) from 1960 to early 1962.
	www.helis.com /database/go/uk_dragonfly_104.php (326 words)

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