ALTHOUGH she was built in peacetime, the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle had a busy life on the ocean. Laid down at Harland and Wolff in 1942 while World War Two was still raging, it was March 1946 before ...

The awesome starboard view of the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, right, was sent in by Mike Nolan but he has little information about the occasion. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, ...

Bertie Reginald Dagnell joined the navy at the age of 15, and by the time he had lost his life in 1942, he had served 17 years. Bertie was a Leading Seaman on board HMS Eagle, which was sunk in the ...

Former Royal Marine and Afghanistan war veteran JJ Chalmers brought a unique perspective to the story of the Dunkirk evacuations last night. Mr Chalmers sustained severe injuries in a bomb blast while ...

My father told me of the time when he was torpedoed off the Eagle in the Med. He was below decks and said his feet didn't touch the ladder because of the press of men trying to reach the decks. He ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Many of the carriers here were early efforts, although even these compared unfavorably to their competitors. Some were sunk; others were kept away from the main areas ...