Ship:Eagle

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Eagle

Aircraft Carrier | U.K. | Tier ★

Tech Tree Position

General

Research price0 exp

Purchase price48,000,000

Hit Points68,700

Secondary Armament #1

113 mm/45 Mk.III on a Mk.II*** BD mount8 х 2 pcs.

Firing Range5 km

Rate of Fire12 shots/min

Reload Time5 sec

HE Shell113 mm HE Mk XVI

Maximum HE Shell Damage1,600

Initial HE Shell Velocity746 m/s

Chance of Fire on Target Caused by HE Shell7 %

AA Defense

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.III on a Mk.VII mount6 х 1 pcs.

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.XI on a Mk.V mount2 х 2 pcs.

40 mm/56 OQF Mk.IX on a Mk.VI mount7 х 6 pcs.

113 mm/45 Mk.III on a Mk.II*** BD mount8 х 2 pcs.

Maneuverability

Maximum Speed31 knot

Turning Circle Radius1030 m

Rudder Shift Time16.5 sec

Concealment

Surface Detectability Range14.5 km

Air Detectability Range10 km

Battle Levels

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★

48,000,000

Eagle — British Tier ★ aircraft carrier.

HMS Eagle was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy in service from 1951 to 1972. The carrier was completed to a substantially altered project and was later given an extensive modernization to carry and operate the most advanced deck-based aircraft of the 1950s, including jet aircraft.

Eagle was released into the British tech tree on 14 April 2022.

Modules

	Hit Points (HP)	Armor (mm)	Armor (mm)	Main Turrets (pcs.)	Secondary Gun Turrets (pcs.)	AA Mounts (pcs.)	Torpedo Tubes (pcs.)	Hangar Capacity (pcs.)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Eagle	68,700	13	102		8	6/2/7/8				0	0

	Speed (knot)	Average Damage per Second (HP/min)	Loadout	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Gloster Meteor						0	0

	Maximum Torpedo Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Wyvern	5,933	142	2,340		0	0

	Maximum Bomb Damage (HP)	Speed (knot)	Hit Points (HP)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Wyvern		142	2,420		0	0

	Maximum Speed (knot)		Research price (exp)	Purchase price ()
Propulsion: 152,000 hp	31		0	0

Compatible Upgrades

Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot 4
Slot 5
Slot 6

Player Opinion

Performance

Warning: The data presented in the AA Defense sidebar section may be incorrect.
Refer to the in-game Port screens for more useful data.

HMS Eagle is a supercarrier with torpedo and dive bombers found on HMS Audacious but with jet boosters. She also has tactical jet aircraft consisting of Attack Aircraft, Torpedo Bombers, and Dive Bombers. The supercarrier’s primary strike force consists of utilizing the tactical jet aircraft once they have completed their preparation phase while utilizing the standard planes while waiting for the tactical jet aircraft to be prepared. The addition of jet boosters to the standard planes will be familiar to those who have played the Soviet aircraft carrier line and allow for the rapid deployment of planes immediately after launch. With these squadrons, Eagle is most effective at launching rapid strikes at larger ships while retaining the versatility to hunt down smaller ships.

English Electric Canberra DB

These jet bombers are the most powerful squadrons found on Eagle. Each strike consists of 2 planes with 9 high explosive bombs each. As each bomb deals up to 7900 damage, even a single bomb will heavily damage targets, and well-aimed strikes can cripple them. With 54mm of penetration and a decent 45% fire chance, these bombs are well suited for targeting even the most heavily armored battleships and cruisers. With a long and narrow attack reticle, these squadrons are able to inflict massive amounts of damage and numerous fires to capital ships along their entire lengths if aimed properly. In addition, these jet bombers have the highest health pool among Eagle’s jet squadrons while also being capable of reaching speeds of up to 326 knots, enabling them to reach targets quickly and survive long enough in anti-aircraft auras to strike their target. This comes at the cost of maneuverability as these jet bombers have horrendous turning radiuses due to their high speeds.

As a tactical squadron, these bombers come with unlimited reserves, but also a long five-and-a-half-minute preparatory delay and a non-rechargeable engine boost. Despite these drawbacks, the Canberra jet bombers remain the most powerful strike squadron in Eagle's arsenal. Thus, captains should prioritize using this squadron whenever possible, incorporating other standard and jet squadrons between tactical strikes.

English Electric Canberra TB

Eagle's jet torpedo bombers are also powerful strike squadrons that are capable of inflicting significant damage. They feature the same speeds of up to 326 knots as the jet bombers but with fewer hit points per plane as well as the same poor maneuverability and turning circles. Each strike consists of 2 planes that drop 2 torpedoes on each. The Mk. XVIII torpedoes go 40 knots and deal up to 7800 damage with a 66% flood chance, and landing these torpedoes is aided by a very tight and narrow drop spread. While the torpedoes do not converge in on one point like the other Royal Navy torpedo bombers, they drop nearly side-by-side and run in a tight parallel path, making it nearly impossible for targets to evade completely unscathed.

As with the other tactical squadrons, these jet torpedo bombers come with unlimited reserves, but also a long four-minute preparatory delay and a non-rechargeable engine boost. Despite these drawbacks, the Canberra torpedo bombers remain very capable of inflicting significant damage to capital ships. Thus, captains should prioritize using this squadron whenever possible, incorporating other standard and jet squadrons between tactical strikes.

Gloster Meteor

These attack jets are the fastest squadrons in Eagle’s arsenal with a maximum speed of 354 knots. While the planes have the lowest hit points of all of Eagle’s squadrons, the squadron consists of three attack jets which each carry 20 rockets. The attack patterns are very unique, with a strike consisting of a short preparation phase followed by three bursts of rockets. The rockets land in a circular manner with each burst progressing farther away to fully cover the circular attack reticle. While these rockets will struggle to penetrate the belts of cruisers and battleships due to only having 28mm of penetration, these rockets are very capable against destroyers and other lightly armored cruisers and aircraft carriers due to a high number of rockets and 2350 damage per rocket while also having a modest 9% fire chance. They are also very effective at defending capture circles due to the high likelihood of landing a rocket on a target within the attack reticle. However due to their high speed, their turning circle is abysmal, leading to an increased chance to overshoot the target.

As with the other tactical squadrons, these attack jets come with unlimited reserves, but also a shorter two-and-a-half-minute preparatory delay and a non-rechargeable engine boost. Despite these drawbacks, the Gloster Meteors remain very capable of inflicting significant damage to destroyers and other lightly armored targets as well as exposed superstructures. Thus, captains should prioritize using this squadron when scouting and hunting destroyers, incorporating other standard and jet squadrons between tactical strikes.

Westland Wyvern DB

These Wyvern level bombers are identical to the upgraded Wyvern level bombers found on Audacious, except that they are equipped with rocket boosters that allow for more rapid deployment of these squadrons over her tier X counterpart. These squadrons are relatively fast at 177 knots after the end of the rocket boosters at top speed combined with excellent health pools that enable them to hold out amidst anti-aircraft artillery fire. However, due to this speed and high health, the turning radius on these squadrons is lacking. The three level bombers each drop 6 bombs in an attack, dealing a maximum of 6400 damage per bomb with 41mm of penetration and a modest fire chance of 36%. This enables Eagle to not only stack damage over time between fires and floods on capital ships and heavy cruisers but also to easily strike destroyers providing that captains provide adequate lead on these level bombs as they take longer than regular dive bombs to land. Thus, these squadrons should be utilized while waiting for the tactical jet squadrons to complete their preparation phases and to target ships who just used their damage control party consumable.

Westland Wyvern TB

These Wyvern torpedo bombers are identical to those found on Audacious, except that they are equipped with rocket boosters that allow for more rapid deployment of these squadrons over her tier X counterpart. These squadrons are relatively fast at 177 knots after the end of the rocket boosters at top speed combined with excellent health pools that enable them to hold out amidst anti-aircraft artillery fire. However, due to this speed and high health, the turning radius on these squadrons is lacking. In addition, the Mk. XVII torpedoes themselves do not do much damage despite having a slow speed of 35 knots. On the other hand, the modest flooding chance of 51% enables Eagle to stack damage over time between fires and floods on capital ships and heavy cruisers. Thus, these squadrons should be utilized while waiting for the tactical jet squadrons to complete their preparation phases and to target ships who just used their damage control party consumable.

Combat Capability - Tactical Jet Squadrons

Eagle can launch Tactical Jet Squadrons in addition to regular aircraft. They cannot regenerate their engine boost and have worse health and concealment than regular squadrons. However, they are extremely fast and have very powerful armaments.

Requirements:

Tactical jet squadrons are not prepared for launch at the start of a battle and can take several minutes before they are ready. These squadrons also do not return to the carrier, the full prepartion time must elapse again before more can be launched.

Effects:

• Tactical Attack Squadrons: Three extremely fast jets, each armed with 20 HE rockets with low penetration.
• Tactical Attack Squadron preparation time: 175 seconds
• Tactical Torpedo Squadrons: Two extremely fast jets, each armed with two high damage, short ranged torpedos.
• Tactical Torpedo Squadron preparation time: 275 seconds
• Tactical Bomber Squadrons: Two extremely fast jets, each armed with nine powerful HE bombs.
• Tactical Bomber Squadron preparation time: 360 seconds
  
  

Pros:

• Tactical planes have high speed and deal solid damage
• Standard planes have rocket boosters
• Planes have high speed and health making them effective at dealing with Anti Air
• Tactical planes have a cooldown but are unlimited in use
• 5 different plane types in total

Cons:

• Tactical planes do not regenerate rocket boosters
• Standard planes are more focused on dealing damage over time instead of alpha damage

Research

As a top-tier ship, Eagle has no module upgrades to research.

Optimal Configuration

Upgrades

The recommended upgrades are:

• Slot 1: Air Groups Modification 1
• Slot 2: Aircraft Engines Modification 1
• Slot 3: Aerial Torpedoes Modification 1
• Slot 4: Torpedo Bombers Modification 2
• Slot 5: Flight Control Modification 1
• Slot 6: Flight Control Modification 2

Commander Skills

Recommended Commander Skills
Cost (points)	Attack			Defense		Support
1	Last Gasp Completely restores engine boost for the last attack squadron.	Improved Engine Boost +10% Aircraft engine boost time. ★	Engine Techie -20% Engine Cooling cooldown time.	Air Supremacy -5% aircraft restoration time. ★★★	Direction Center for Fighters +1 fighter to CAP squadrons.	Search and Destroy +10% to action radius of Patrol Fighter and Interceptor squadrons. ★
2	Torpedo Bomber -10% torpedo arming distance. ★	Swift Fish +5% to torpedo speed.	Improved Engines +2.5% aircraft squadron speed. ★★★	Repair Specialist +1 In-flight Repair consumable +10% its action time. ★	Secondary Armament Expert +10% flak and continuous damage -10% secondary battery reload time.	Patrol Group Leader +1 fighter to Patrol Fighter or Interceptor squadrons.
3	Sight Stabilization +7.5% aiming speed.	Enhanced Armor-Piercing Ammunition +3% damage from AP bombs and rockets.	Pyrotechnician +1% chance of HE rockets causing a fire. +5% chance of HE bombs causing a fire.	Aircraft Armor -10% continuous AA damage while in an aura. ★★★	Survivability Expert +25 aircraft HP per ship tier. ★★★	Interceptor Interceptors replace Patrol Fighters:  +10% action radius.  Invulnerable to fighters.  Cannot attack fighters.  Cannot spot ships. ★
4	Bomber Flight Control +5% speed all bomber types.	Proximity Fuze -10% (absolute) to target's torpedo protection. ★★	Close Quarters Expert Secondary batteries: +20% range -30% dispersion.	Enhanced Aircraft Armor -25% damage from flak. ★★★	Hidden Menace -15% ship detectability range. -20% Damage Control Party cooldown. +50% aircraft return time. ★	Enhanced Reactions -80% time before activated Patrol Fighters or Interceptors attack. +25% action time. +50% cooldown time.
Key: ★★★ - Extremely Useful      ★★ - Frequently Useful      ★ - Occasionally Useful     No stars - Not Useful

Consumables

Eagle equips the following consumables:

Aircraft Carrier:

• Slot 1: Damage Control Party 
• Slot 2: CAP Fighter  – 4 charges

All aircraft carrier consumables are automatically activated.

Torpedo Bombers:

• Slot 1: Engine Cooling  – 2 charges
• Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  – 3 charges
• Slot 3: In-flight Repair  – 3 charges

Bombers:

• Slot 1: Engine Cooling  – 2 charges
• Slot 2: Patrol Fighter  – 3 charges

Tactical Attack Aircraft:

• Slot 1: Patrol Fighter  – 3 charges

Tactical Torpedo Bombers:

• No consumables

Tactical Bombers:

• No consumables

Signals

Recommended Signal Flags
Combat
Charlie Kilo +5% ship HP; +2.5% squadron HP.	Juliet Yankee Bissotwo -20% to flooding duration. ★★	India Yankee -20% to fire duration. ★★	Hotel Yankee -20% to damage received when ramming the enemy. +50% to damage dealt when ramming the enemy.	Victor Lima +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. +4% chance of torpedoes causing flooding. ★★★	India X-Ray +1% chance for HE bombs and shells with a caliber above 160mm causing a fire. +0.5% chance for bombs and smaller shells causing a fire. ★★★
Juliet Whiskey Unaone +15% chance of causing flooding. ★★★	Mike Yankee Soxisix +5% to secondary battery maximum firing range. -5% to maximum dispersion of secondary battery shells. -5% to secondary battery loading time.	November Echo Setteseven +5% continuous AA damage at all ranges. +5% damage from flak bursts. ★★★	Sierra Mike +5% to the ship's maximum speed. ★★★	November Foxtrot -5% reload time on all consumables.	India Delta +20% to the amount of HP recovered when Repair Party  is used. ★★★
X-Ray Papa Unaone +10% action time of a Smoke Generator .	Sierra Bravo +10% action time of Hydroacoustic Search  -10% reload time of Defensive AA Fire .

Gallery

Historical Info

Eagle, 1952

Construction

Builder: Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Laid down: 24 October 1942

Launched: 19 March 1946

Commissioned: 1 March 1952

Decommissioned: 26 January 1972

Fate: Scrapped 1978

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Specifications

36,800 tons displacement, standard

245m length

41m beam

10.13m draft (mean)

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Machinery

4 shaft geared steam turbines,8 boilers

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Performance

31 knots at 152,000 shaft horsepower

7,000 nm range at 18 knots

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Armor

Main belt: 100mm

Armored Flight Deck: 25-100 mm

Hangar Side: 25mm

Hangar Deck: 25mm

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Armament

Anti-Aircraft

16 (8x2) 113mm DP guns

61 (8x6, 2x2, 9x1) 40mm guns

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Aircraft

Sixty (60) aircraft

HMS Eagle was an Audacious-class aircraft carrier which saw service with the Royal Navy during the Cold War. She was the eighteenth ship to bear the name, dating back to 1592, and served from 1951 to 1972.

Background

The Audacious-class were originally designed as a modified version of the earlier Implacable-class ships with two hangar decks. However, the increasing size of new aircraft meant that the design needed to be considerably enlarged. Four ships were laid down in 1942-43, but construction progressed slowly as other ship construction took priority. With the end of World War II, two ships were cancelled and work on the remaining two was suspended. Eventually the two ships would be completed as Eagle and Ark Royal, although their final designs bore little relation to their original plans, or each other.

Construction

Eagle was laid down on 24 October 1942 at Harland & Wolff in Belfast with the name Audacious. Construction was slow, with escort vessels and landing craft taking priority in British shipbuilding plans. She was still not complete when the end of World War II brought huge cuts to British shipbuilding programs. One of the cancelled ships, HMS Eagle was Audacious's sister ship. On 21 January 1946, Audacious was renamed Eagle while still on the slipway. She was launched by Princess Elizabeth on 19 March 1946, but construction paused while the Royal Navy carried out reviews of carrier design. Eagle was eventually completed on 1 October 1951 to a design that was similar to the original plans.

HNS Eagle at Sea.

Service

Eagle started her sea trials on 31 October 1951, and was accepted into service on 1 March 1952. Her initial air group consisted of Supermarine Attacker fighter jets, Blackburn Firebrand strike aircraft and Fairey Firefly ASW aircraft. In September, she took part in the first major NATO naval exercise, Exercise Mainbrace, with the objective of convincing Denmark and Norway that they could be protected from Soviet attack.

She spent a brief period in the Mediterranean in early 1953, returning to the UK for the Fleet Review celebrating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. She briefly rejoined the Mediterranean Fleet in February 1954, but returned to the UK again in May. Between June 1954 and February 1955 she was under refit at Devonport Dockyard. She emerged with a 5.5° angled flight deck and mirror landing system to help her operate jet aircraft. On 1 November 1956, Eagle’s air group of Sea Hawks, Wyverns and Sea Venoms began attacks on Egyptian airfields and positions during the Anglo-French attempt to seize the Suez Canal. Her air group flew 621 sorties during the Suez Crisis.

HNS Eagle at Sea.

Rebuild

It had been planned to give Eagle a major rebuild, similar to that of Victorious, but the excessive cost and time overruns meant that a more limited rebuild was carried out. From 1959 to May 1964 she was rebuilt at Devonport, gaining a fully angled 8° flight deck, steam catapults, and a fully rebuilt island structure and modern radar systems. The addition of new systems meant that she also needed AC power systems in addition to her existing DC systems. She also gained air conditioning and individual bunks for crewmen, a novelty in the Royal Navy at the time. The growing size of aircraft, and the need for more workshop space, meant that her air group had been reduced to thirty-five fixed wing aircraft and ten helicopters. The refit was officially intended to extend her life for a further 10 years, although privately the Royal Navy assessment was that this was an unrealistic aim.

She returned to service in 1964, sailing for the Far East to help contain Indonesian aggression during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation, before undergoing another brief refit at Devonport in 1966-67.

Eagle was originally intended to receive a further refit that would have enabled her to comfortably operate the F-4 Phantom. She had already operated Phantoms on a trial basis and would need only minor modifications to her flight deck. Although a minimal refit to allow operation of Phantoms was estimated to cost around £5 million, the total cost of a full refit and the aircraft would cost much more. In February 1972, it was decided that the cost of the refit, and the manpower requirements and cost of operating two fleet carriers, were too much for the UK to afford.

Decommissioning

In 1966 the decision was made to run-down the RN fixed-wing carrier fleet. Eagle was paid off in January 1972 at Portsmouth and was stripped of reusable equipment. She was then towed to Devonport where she was laid up in the River Tamar, officially in reserve but in reality anything usable had already been stripped to keep Ark Royal operational. She was sold for scrap in 1978 and towed to Cairnryan on 14 October, and her mooring place was taken by the recently decommissioned Ark Royal.

Historical Gallery

References

Ship Change Log

• Available for testing by all players in all game modes during Update 0.11.1.

Testing Changes

• DevBlog 267:
  • Preliminary characteristics.
• Update 0.11.1:
  • Engine acceleration value changed: Time to reach full speed forwards increased from 30 to 60 s.
  • Changed the altitude of jet attack aircraft when cruising, preparing for an attack, and aiming, as well as their angle of attack. These changes are intended to improve the interaction of these aircraft with islands and make aiming with them more comfortable.
  • The maximum vertical and horizontal spread of the jet attack aircraft’s aiming reticle was decreased in order to increase gameplay comfort.
• Update 0.11.2:
  • Tactical Torpedo Bomber Squadron:
    • Number of aircraft increased from 1 to 2.
    • Decreased individual aircraft HP from 3,340 to 2,215.
  • Tactical Bomber Squadron:
    • Number of aircraft increased from 1 to 2.
    • Decreased individual aircraft HP from 4,290 to 2,145.
  • Tactical Attack Aircraft Squadron:
    • Number of aircraft increased from 2 to 3.
    • Decreased individual aircraft HP from 1,570 to 1,047.

• Update 0.11.3:
  • Added to the UK tech tree as a special ship unlocked once the player researches Tier 10 Carrier Audacious, then purchased for 48,000,000 credits.
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 0.11.4:
  • Preparation time of the tactical attack squadron increased from 150 to 175 s.
  • Preparation time of the tactical torpedo bombers squadron increased from 240 to 275 s.
• Update 0.11.5:
  • Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
• Update 12.1:
  • Fixed a bug that caused the aircraft engine animation to be displayed incorrectly.
• Update 12.4:
  • Fixed a visual bug with the ship's torpedo bombers.
• Update 13.1:
  • Tactical Attack Aircraft rocket parameters changed:
    • Damage reduced from 2,350 to 2,050.
    • Fire chance reduced from 9 to 8%.
  • Tactical Dive Bomber bomb parameters changed:
    • Damage reduced from 7,900 to 6,400.
    • Fire chance reduced from 45 to 36%.

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