&sq=&lang=&file=File:%27Agincourt%27_(1796)_RMG_J3352.png) Plan of Agincourt
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| History | |
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 Great Britain | |
| Name | HMS Agincourt |
| Namesake | Battle of Agincourt |
| Builder | Perry, Blackwall Yard |
| Launched | 23 July 1796 |
| Christened | Earl Talbot |
| Decommissioned | 1809 |
| Renamed |
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| Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1] |
| Fate | Sold, 1814 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Class and type | 64-gun third rate ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1439, or 1416[3] (bm) |
| Length | 172 ft 8 in (52.63 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 43 ft 4 in (13.21 m) |
| Depth of hold | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament | 64 guns of various weights of shot |
HMS Agincourt was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 July 1796 at Blackwall Yard, London. The Admiralty bought her on the stocks from the East India Company in 1796,[2] who had called her Earl Talbot.[3]
Agincourt served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, which qualified her officers and crew for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants.[a]
She was decommissioned in 1809 and converted to a troop ship on 6 January 1812 under the name HMS Bristol.[3][5]
- ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850. pp. 791–792.
- ^ a b Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 186.
- ^ a b c Hackman (2001), p. 102.
- ^ "No. 17915". The London Gazette. 3 April 1823. p. 633.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 104–105.
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