Maritime History

HMS Eagle (1679)

HMS Eagle was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy built at Portsmouth Dockyard from 1677 to 1679. When completed she was placed in ordinary for a decade. Eagle was in active commission during the Nine Years' War, partaking in the action at Barfleur. She was rebuilt in 1699 at Chatham. Eagle again played an active role in the early part of the War of Spanish Succession, participating in the capture of Gibraltar and the Battle of Velez-Malaga. Eagle was wrecked off the Isles of Scilly in October 1707. She was the seventh vessel to bear the name Eagle since it was used for a careening hulk, an ex-merchantman, purchased in 1592, and sold at Chatham in 1683. Eagle was awarded the Battle Honour Barfleur 1692, Gibraltar 1704, and Velez-Malaga 1704.

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See also

• ▸Japanese cruiser Yahagi (1942)
• ▸Exhibition Place
• ▸Admiralty Arch, Holyhead

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