HMS Eagle (1745)
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HMS Eagle was a 58-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy built at King's Yard in Harwich by John Barnard and launched in 1745.
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Admiral of the Fleet George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, PC, FRS was a Royal Navy officer and politician from the Anson family.
HMS Eagle (1745)
…1719 Establishment. Her keel was laid on 24 July 1744, and on 15 November she was renamed Eagle to make way for the recommissioning of her namesake, Admiral Anson's flagship, which was returned to active service. As built, Eagle had an overall length of 147 ft 0 in (44.8 m) with a gundeck of 119 ft 9 in (36.5 m…
Portrait by Thomas Hudson, c. 1740–1747
1755 portrait of Anson by Joshua Reynolds
Plaque to Anson in Colwich, Staffordshire
Centurion capturing Nuestra Señora de Covadonga on 20 June 1743