HMS Eagle, originally planned as a battleship for the Chilean Navy named Almirante Cochrane, was converted into an aircraft carrier. Commissioned in 1924, she served in the Mediterranean and the Far East during the interwar period. In World War II, she assisted in hunting German commerce raiders in the Indian Ocean and served primarily in the Mediterranean. On August 11th, 1942, while assisting in Operation Pedestal to supply Malta, she was torpedoed by U-73 and sank, with 160 men lost and 789 survivors. As a disclaimer the map animations shown are not entirely accurate. They are there as a visual aid to help you see where the ship is going.
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