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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]

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

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line, vol. 1, p. 189.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "The Victorian Royal Navy".

References

  • Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.