- HMS Agincourt
Five ships of the
Royal Navy have been called HMS "Agincourt", named after theBattle of Agincourt of 1415, and construction of another was started but not completed.*HMS|Agincourt|1796|6 was a 64-gun
third-rate ship of the line bought from the East India Company, where she had been named "Earl Talbot", in 1796. She became aprison ship in 1812 and was renamed HMS "Bristol". She was sold in 1814.
*HMS|Agincourt|1817|6 was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1817. She was used for harbour service from 1848, was renamed HMS "Vigo" in 1865 and was sold in 1884.
*HMS|Agincourt|1865|6 was a "Minotaur"-class ironclad frigate launched in 1865. She was renamed HMS "Boscawen" and used for harbour service from 1904, was renamed HMS "Ganges II" in 1906, became a coal hulk named "C109" in 1908 and was broken up in 1960.
*HMS "Agincourt" was to have been abattleship . She was ordered in 1914, but cancelled that year.
*HMS|Agincourt|1913|6 was a battleship originally built forBrazil as the "Rio de Janerio" and launched in 1913. She was sold toTurkey as the "Sultan Osman", but was taken over by the Royal Navy before delivery, on the outbreak of theFirst World War . She was present at theBattle of Jutland and was sold in 1922.
*HMS|Agincourt|D86|6 was a Battle-classdestroyer launched in 1945. She was converted to a radar picket in 1959 and scrapped in 1974.
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