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HMS Eagle (1679)

Ship Career
Class and type70-gun third rate ship of the line
Ship nameHMS Eagle
BuilderFurzer, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched1679
FateWrecked, 22 October 1707
General characteristics
Tons burthen1047 LT
Length156 ft 6 in (gundeck)
Beam40 ft 6 in
Depth of hold17 ft (5.2 m)
Sail planFull rigged ship
Armament70 guns of various weights of shot

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HMS Eagle' was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Portsmouth Dockyard in 1679.

She underwent a rebuild at Chatham Dockyard in 1699, retaining her armament of 70 guns.

Under the command of Captain Robert Hancock, Eagle was lost with all hands off the Scilly Isles on 22 October 1707 when a disastrous navigational error sent Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell's fleet through dangerous reefs while on their way from Gibraltar to Portsmouth. Four ships (Eagle, Association, Firebrand and Romney) were lost, with nearly 2,000 sailors. The Scilly naval disaster was one of the greatest maritime disasters in British history. It was largely as a result of this disaster that the Board of the Admiralty instituted a competition for a more precise method to determine longitude.

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