HMS Agincourt (1817)

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

HMS Agincourt, HMS Iris, HMS Vixen, the regatta at Hong Kong Feb 14, 1845
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Agincourt
NamesakeBattle of Agincourt
BuilderPlymouth-Dock Dockyard
Laid downMay 1813
Launched19 March 1817
FateSold, 1884
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1747 bm
Length176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
PropulsionSails
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament
  • 74 guns:
  • Gundeck: 28 × 32-pounders
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18-pounders
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12-pounders, 10 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12-pounders, 2 × 32-pounder carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Agincourt was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 March 1817 at Devonport.[1]

  • (January 1840) : Out of commission at Plymouth[2]
  • 1 February 1842-May 1845 : Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Captain Henry William Bruce, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas John Cochrane, East Indies[2]
  • 6 May 1845 - 4 September 1847 : Commanded by Captain William James Hope Johnstone, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas John Cochrane, East Indies[2]
  • 28 January 1848 - 31 Mar 1849 : Commanded by Captain William Bowen Mends, depot ship of Ordinary, Devonport[2]
  • 24 March 1849 : Commanded by Captain William James Hope Johnstone, depot ship of Ordinary, Devonport[2]
  • 1865 : Renamed Vigo[2]

She was placed on harbour service in 1848, and sold out of the Navy in 1884.[1]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 189.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "The Victorian Royal Navy".

References

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.


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