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Eagle

HMS Eagle

Survived

Royal Navy

TypeShip of the line
RateFourth rate
Guns60 guns
WarWar of the Austrian Succession

Ship of the line under the young George Brydges Rodney at the Second Battle of Cape Finisterre.

Eagle (1745) Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plans, sheer lines with inboard detail, and longitudinal half-breadth for Eagle (1745), a 60-gun Fourth Rate, two-decker. Alterations to the plan were made to the waterlines on the body plan and half-breadth and to the gun ports on the sheer lines. The Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

58 guns

  • Gundeck: 24 × 24 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 24 × 12 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 8 × 6 pdrs
  • Forecastle: 2 × 6 pdrs
BuilderJohn Barnard, Harwich
Launched2 December 1745
Length147 ft (44.8 m) (gundeck)

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

Career

Launched

2 December 1745

25 October 1747

George Brydges Rodney

Fate

Survived

Sold, 1767