HMS Agincourt (1817)

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Name: HMS Agincourt
Builder: Plymouth Dockyard
Laid down: May 1813
Launched: 19 March 1817
Fate: Sold, 1884
General characteristics
Class and type: Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen: 1747 tons (1775 tonnes)
Length: 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam: 47 ft 6 in (14.5 m)
Depth of hold: 21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion: Sails
Sail plan: Full rigged ship
Armament:

74 guns:

  • Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs
  • Upper gundeck: 28 × 18 pdrs
  • Quarterdeck: 4 × 12 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Forecastle: 2 × 12 pdrs, 2 × 32 pdr carronades
  • Poop deck: 6 × 18 pdr carronades

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

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

[edit] 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.