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HMS Eagle, 1937, photo - Wright & Logan

A somewhat outdated vessel at the start of WW2.

 

HMS Eagle, formerly the Almirante Latorre class battleship Almirante Cochrane, launched 1918-taken over and finally commissioned by Royal Navy 1924-sunk 1942 by U-73.

 

Photo – Wright & Logan.

 

Taken from the May 1976 issue of ‘Ships Monthly’ magazine.

 

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Uploaded on August 18, 2021