HMS Eagle

Sunk

Type	Aircraft carrier
War	Second World War
Main guns	9 × 6″ guns

Laid down as the Chilean battleship Almirante Cochrane and completed as a carrier. With the Mediterranean Fleet at Calabria; ferried Spitfires to Malta. Sunk by four torpedoes from U-73 on the second day of Pedestal; 131 killed.

The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Eagle underway.The U.S. Navy give the date as 1942, but due to the lack of camouflage and wartime modifications this photograph was probably taken in the 1930s. Photo: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

9 × 6 in (152 mm) guns
5 × 4 in (102 mm) AA guns

Armour

Belt: 4.5 in (114 mm)
Deck: 1–1.5 in (25–38 mm)
Bulkheads: 4 in (102 mm)

Builder	Armstrong Whitworth
Laid down	20 February 1913
Launched	8 June 1918
Commissioned	20 February 1924
Displacement	21,850 long tons (22,200 t) (standard)
Length	667 ft 6 in (203.5 m)
Speed	24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement	791

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

Career

Launched

8 June 1918

Battle of Calabria

Survived

9 July 1940

Her Swordfish attacked the Italian cruisers

Operation Pedestal

Sunk

10–15 August 1942

Four torpedoes from U-73; 131 killed