HMS Eagle (1794)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Eagle.

HMS Eagle was a Dutch hoy that the Admiralty purchased in 1794. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy in March 1794 under Lieutenant David Hamline for the Channel Islands.^[1] She and several of her sister ships — (Lion, Repulse, Tiger, and Scorpion) — formed part of a short-lived squadron under Philippe d'Auvergne at Jersey in the Channel Islands. Eagle was paid off in 1795 and then lent to the Royal Navy's Transport Board in March 1796.

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Eagle
Acquired	3 February 1794 (by purchase)
Fate	Sold 1804
General characteristics [1]
Type	Hoy
Tons burthen	71 (bm)
Length	67 ft 9 in (20.7 m) (overall) 60 ft 2+3⁄4 in (18.4 m) (keel)
Beam	14 ft 10+1⁄2 in (4.5 m)
Depth of hold	7 ft 3 in (2.2 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	sloop
Complement	30
Armament	1 × 24-pounder gun 3 × 32-pounder carronades

Eagle was recommissioned in September 1796 under Lieutenant Henry Hardacre.^[1] On 31 January 1799, she was driven ashore in Studland Bay on the coast of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset in England,^[2] but she was refloated and returned to service. She was one of the vessels that shared in the proceeds of the Vlieter Incident on 28 August 1799.^[3] From June 1800 Lieutenant William Nazer commanded Eagle.^[1]

The Royal Navy sold Eagle at Portsmouth in November 1804.^[1]