HMS Agincourt (1817)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Agincourt.

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^[2]
• 6 May 1845 - 4 September 1847 : Commanded by Captain William James Hope Johnstone, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas John Cochrane, East Indies^[2]
• 28 January 1848 - 31 Mar 1849 : Commanded by Captain William Bowen Mends, depot ship of Ordinary, Devonport^[2]
• 24 March 1849 : Commanded by Captain William James Hope Johnstone, depot ship of Ordinary, Devonport^[2]
• 1865 : Renamed Vigo^[2]

HMS Agincourt, HMS Iris, HMS Vixen, the regatta at Hong Kong Feb 14, 1845
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Agincourt
Namesake	Battle of Agincourt
Builder	Plymouth-Dock Dockyard
Laid down	May 1813
Launched	19 March 1817
Fate	Sold, 1884
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Vengeur-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	1747 bm
Length	176 ft (54 m) (gundeck)
Beam	47 ft 6 in (14.48 m)
Depth of hold	21 ft (6.4 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-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

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