803 Naval Air Squadron was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm squadron.
An 803 Squadron Fulmar I during the Battle of Cape Matapan, 1941.
An 803 NAS Sea Hawk on USS Antietam in 1953.
An 803 NAS Scimitar F.1 from HMS Hermes.
HMS Eagle was an early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Ordered by Chile during the South American dreadnought race as the Almirante Latorre-class battleship Almirante Cochrane, she was laid down before World War I. In early 1918 she was purchased by Britain for conversion to an aircraft carrier; this work was finished in 1924. Her completion was delayed by labour troubles and the possibility that she might be repurchased by Chile for reconversion into a battleship, as well as the need for comparative trials to determine the optimum layout for aircraft carriers. The ship was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet and then later to the China Station, spending very little time in home waters other than for periodic refits.
Aerial view of Eagle in the 1930s
Line drawing of Almirante Latorre, illustrating what Eagle would have looked like if she had been finished in her original configuration. Shaded areas show the extent of her armour.
Eagle during trials
Aerial view of Eagle in 1931, prior to her refit
