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The original Eagle had only been laid down in Dec 1943 and had been severely delayed by the LST(3)/Transport Ferry programme which had a higher priority in 1944/45. VA (Tyne) were allocated 5 to build in Dec 1943 which were laid down between May and Oct 1944 with 3 completed in the second half of 1945.The result was that Eagle was only 26% complete by Dec 1945 with £1.95 million having been spent on her. By that stage the need was to save money in the postwar world. Her cancellation was estimated to save £5.5 million. Only the cruiser programme cancellation (4 ships) saved more (£17.8 million)
The original Eagle had only been laid down in Dec 1943 and had been severely delayed by the LST(3)/Transport Ferry programme which had a higher priority in 1944/45. VA (Tyne) were allocated 5 to build in Dec 1943 which were laid down between May and Oct 1944 with 3 completed in the second half of 1945.
The result was that Eagle was only 26% complete by Dec 1945 with £1.95 million having been spent on her. By that stage the need was to save money in the postwar world. Her cancellation was estimated to save £5.5 million. Only the cruiser programme cancellation (4 ships) saved more (£17.8 million)
