5.8K views · 479 reactions | February 20, 1815: USS Constitution, led by Captain Charles Stewart, wins her third and final major battle during the War of 1812 by defeating HMS Cyane and HMS Levant off Madeira Island in the Atlantic Ocean. | USS Constitution | Facebook

During World War II, the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Eagle served in the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean, and the South Atlantic, primarily hunting German commerce raiders and escorting vital convoys to Malta. Equipped initially with torpedo bombers, the carrier gained fighters later in the war, contributing to several operations, including the Battle of Calabria and numerous Malta supply runs. HMS Eagle was sunk by German torpedoes from the U-73 on August 11, 1942, while participating in th