HMS Eagle (1679)

HMS Eagle making ready to sail from her offshore anchorage in the Nore, by Peter Monamy
History
England
Name	HMS Eagle
Ordered	April 1677
Builder	Furzer, Portsmouth Dockyard
Launched	31 January 1679
Commissioned	1690
Honours and awards	Barfleur 1692 Gibraltar 1704 Velez Malaga 1704
Fate	Wrecked and lost with all hands, Scilly Islands 22 October 1707
General characteristics as built
Class and type	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	105291⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	151 ft 6 in (46.18 m) gundeck 120 ft 8 in (36.78 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	40 ft 6 in (12.34 m)
Draught	18 ft 0 in (5.5 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 0 in (5.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
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)
General characteristics 1699 rebuild
Class and type	70-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	109955⁄94 tons (bm)
Length	156 ft 6 in (47.7 m) gundeck 125 ft 0 in (38.1 m) keel for tonnage
Beam	40 ft 8 in (12.4 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft 3 in (5.3 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
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)

HMS Eagle was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard during 1677/79. When completed she was placed in Ordinary for 10 years. She was in active commission during the War of the English Succession partaking in the Battle of Barfleur. She was rebuilt in 1699 at Chatham. She again played an active role in the early part of the War of Spanish Succession participating in the Capture of Gibraltar, and the Battle of Velez Malaga. She was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly in October 1707.

She was the seventh vessel to bear the name Eagle since it was used for a careening hulk, an ex-merchantman, purchased in 1592, and sold at Chatham in 1683.^[1]

HMS Eagle was awarded the Battle Honour Barfleur 1692,^[2] Gibraltar 1704,^[3] and Velez-Malaga 1704.^[4]