Victory at Sea - HMS Eagle WM-17-07-2025 wearing an iron cap

wearing an iron cap

Along with similarly sized unrated vessels

the new masters of the Axis intended to regain the initiative by creating cadres of heavily armoured troopers trained in the art of attack

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reinforced helmets

Victory at Sea - HMS Eagle WM-17-07-2025 wearing an iron capAn early aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy, HMS Eagle was originally a super dreadnought of the Chilean Navy (named Almirante Cochrane), laid down in 1913, but was purchased by the Royal Navy for conversion to a carrier in 1918. This work was not finished until 1924. Initially deployed in the Indian Ocean against the threat of German commerce raiders, Eagle also saw service in the Mediterranean and the China station. At the outset of the war, the