Victory at Sea - HMS Eagle extras It was the Gato-class

It was the Gato-class

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with soldiers from the ranks often drafted in to help move or man the guns

1 Officer on horse

Brave sailors gun the engines of their smaller

Victory at Sea - HMS Eagle extras It was the Gato-classAn early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, HMS Eagle was originally a super dreadnought of the Chilean Navy (named Almirante Cochrane), laid down in 1913, but was purchased by the Royal Navy for conversion to a carrier in 1918. This work was not finished until 1924. Initially deployed in the Indian Ocean against the threat of German commerce raiders, Eagle also saw service in the Mediterranean and the China station. At the outset of the war, the