HMS Eagle was built at Clydebank, and was launched on
the 8th pf June 1918, a former Battleship construction suspended in
1914. during world war two HMS Eagle served off China in 1939, East
Indies 1939 - 1940, Mediterranean in 1940 - 1941. and in the South
Atlantic 1941 - 1942 and Force H in 1942, she was sunk by U-73, North of
Algiers on the 11th August 1942.
HMS Kelly by Ivan Berryman The destroyer HMS Kelly passes close to the old carrier HMS Eagle as
she escorts a convoy in the Mediterranean early in 1941.
HMS Barham with HMS Eagle in Valetta Harbour in Malta during the
1930s by Ivan Berryman. The Battle ship HMS Barham in company with the aircraft carrier HMS
Eagle between the two World Wars. Both fell victim to German U-Boats
during World War Two.