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[3]
  • 6 May 1845 - 4 September 1847 : Commanded by Captain William James Hope Johnstone, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas John Cochrane, East Indies[4]
  • 28 January 1848 - 31 Mar 1849 : Commanded by Captain William Bowen Mends, depot ship of Ordinary, Devonport[5]
  • 24 March 1849 : Commanded by Captain William James Hope Johnstone, depot ship of Ordinary, Devonport[6]
  • 1865 : Renamed Vigo[7]


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

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 189.
  2. ↑ "The Victorian Royal Navy".
  3. ↑ "The Victorian Royal Navy".
  4. ↑ "The Victorian Royal Navy".
  5. ↑ "The Victorian Royal Navy".
  6. ↑ "The Victorian Royal Navy".
  7. ↑ "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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