HMS Eagle

Wrecked

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	70 guns
War	War of the Spanish Succession

Ship of the line in Shovell's fleet, lost with all hands on the rocks of the Scilly Isles in October 1707.

The venerable HMS Eagle making ready to sail from her offshore anchorage, probably at the Nore Whilst not a retrospective in the accepted sense, this work depicts an elderly 3rd rate, a vessel seemingly from an earlier age, past her prime and in her twilight years. The overly high stern, in conjunct Photo: Peter Monamy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

1685 Establishment 70/62 guns
26 × demi-cannons (54 cwt – 9.5 ft (LD)
26 × demi-culverins (UD)
10 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (QD)
4 × sakers 16 cwt – 7 ft (Fc)
5 × 5 3-pdr guns 5 cwt – 5 ft (RH)

Builder	Furzer, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched	31 January 1679
Commissioned	1690
Length	151 ft 6 in (46.18 m) gundeck 120 ft 8 in (36.78 m) keel for tonnage

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

She isn't listed in any of the fleet actions covered here.

Launched

31 January 1679

Fate

Wrecked

Wrecked and lost with all hands, Scilly Islands 22 October 1707