HMS Eaglet (shore establishment)

History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Eaglet
Commissioned: 1904
Status: Active
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General characteristics
Class and type: Stone frigate
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Eaglet.

HMS Eaglet is a training centre for the Royal Naval Reserve. It serves Merseyside, North West England and North Wales, HMS Eaglet trains over 300 reservists each year and hosts the Royal Marine Reserve Merseyside, Liverpool URNU, HMS Charger and HMS Biter.

History

The Mersey Division of the RNVR was established in Customs House, Liverpool in 1904, before moving to HMS Eagle, a 50 gun frigate at Brunswick Dock, in 1911. Mersey Division was mobilised in 1914 to form part of the Royal Naval Division, serving at Gallipoli, the battles of Battle of Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele and Cambrai. To avoid confusion with a newer HMS Eagle, the frigate was renamed HMS Eaglet in 1919. The ship was destroyed in a fire in 1926, and replaced by the First World War 24-class sloop HMS Sir Bevis, which was renamed Eaglet. The new Eaglet was berthed at Salthouse Dock. During the Second World War, Eaglet became the flagship of Commander-in-Chief Western Approaches. In 1971, the sloop was scrapped and HMS Eaglet moved ashore to a new HQ at Prince's Dock. In 1993, Eaglet received freedom of the city of Liverpool.

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Coordinates: 53°23′15″N 2°58′52″W / 53.3875°N 2.9812°W / 53.3875; -2.9812

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