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
United Kingdom
NameAgincourt
NamesakeBattle of Agincourt
Ordered6 January 1812
BuilderPlymouth Dockyard
Laid downMay 1813
Launched19 March 1817
CompletedApril 1817
CommissionedFebruary 1842
RenamedVigo, 29 April 1865
FateSold for scrap, October 1884
General characteristics (as built)
Class & typeVengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen1,747 7⁄94 (bm)
Length175 ft 11 in (53.6 m) (gundeck)
Beam48 ft 4 in (14.7 m)
Draught18 ft 3 in (5.6 m) (light)
Depth of hold21 ft (6.4 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement590
Armament

HMS Agincourt was a 74-gun third rate Vengeur-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 19th century. Completed in 1817, she was immediately placed in ordinary.

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

She was placed on harbour service in 1848, and sold out of the Navy in 1884.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f "The Victorian Royal Navy".
  2. ^ Lavery, p. 189

References

  • Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008) [2005]. British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (2nd, revised ed.). Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-717-4.


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