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Plan of Agincourt
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History
Great Britain
Name HMS Agincourt
Namesake Battle of Agincourt
Builder Perry, Blackwall Yard
Launched 23 July 1796
Christened Earl Talbot
Decommissioned 1809
Renamed
  • 1796:HMS Agincourt
  • 1812:HMS Bristol
Honours and
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"
Fate Sold, 1814
General characteristics
Class and type 64-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen 1439, or 1416 (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, who had called her Earl Talbot.

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.

She was decommissioned in 1809 and converted to a troop ship on 6 January 1812 under the name HMS Bristol.

Fate

Bristol was sold on 15 December 1814 on condition that she be broken up immediately. She sold for £4,510.

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