Name HMS Eagle Type Hoy | Fate Sold 1804 Tonnage 71 (bm) | |
Acquired 3 February 1794 (by purchase) Length 67 ft 9 in (20.7 m) (overall)
60 ft 2 ⁄4 in (18.4 m) (keel) | ||
HMS Eagle was a Dutch hoy that the Admiralty purchased in 1794. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy in March 1794 under Lieutenant David Hamline for the Channel Islands. She and several of her sister ships (Lion, Repulse, Tiger, and Scorpion), formed part of a short-lived squadron under Philippe d'Auvergne at Jersey.
She was paid off in 1795 and then lent to the Transport Board in March 1796. She was recommissioned in September under Lieutenant Henry Hardacre. Eagle was one of the vessels that shared in the proceeds of the Vlieter Incident on 28 August 1799. From June 1800 Lieutenant William Nazer commanded Eagle.
The navy sold her at Portsmouth in November 1804.
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