#hmseagle — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #hmseagle, aggregated by home.social.
-
HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Converted from the Chilean battleship Almirante Cochrane.
Eagle was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-73 on 11 August 1942 while escorting a convoy to Malta during Operation Pedestal. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-eagle-1918-aircraft-carrier/ #aircraftcarrier #HMSEagle #naval #Navy #RoyalNavy #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #WW2 #WWII