HMS Eagle (1794)

History
UK
Name: HMS Eagle
Acquired: 3 February 1794 (by purchase)
Fate: Sold 1804
General characteristics [1]
Type: Hoy
Tonnage: 71 (bm)
Length:
  • 67 ft 9 in (20.7 m) (overall)
  • 60 ft 2 3⁄4 in (18.4 m) (keel)
Beam: 14 ft 10 1⁄2 in (4.5 m)
Depth of hold: 7 ft 3 in (2.2 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: sloop
Complement: 30
Armament:

HMS Eagle was a Dutch hoy that the Admiralty purchased in 1794. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy in March 1794 under Lieutenant David Hamline for the Channel Islands.[1] She and several of her sister ships (Lion, Repulse, Tiger, and Scorpion), formed part of a short-lived squadron under Philippe d'Auvergne at Jersey.

She was paid off in 1795 and then lent to the Transport Board in March 1796. She was recommissioned in September under Lieutenant Henry Hardacre.[1] Eagle was one of the vessels that shared in the proceeds of the Vlieter Incident on 28 August 1799.[2] From June 1800 Lieutenant William Nazer commanded Eagle.[1]

The navy sold her at Portsmouth in November 1804.[1]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Winfield (2008), pp.324-5.
  2. ↑ "No. 15716". The London Gazette. 3 July 1804. p. 828.

References

  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1861762461.
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