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	HMS AGINCOURT - Find Friends from HMS AGINCOURT at Forces Reunited
		Roger Gaisford was at HMS Agincourt between 1965 and 1973.
		Norman Lewis was at HMS Agincourt between 1961 and 1967.
		Benjamin Stanbrook was at HMS Agincourt between 1956 and 1966.
	www.forcesreunited.org.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMS-Agincourt.html (501 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: HMS Agincourt (D86)
		HMS Agincourt (D86) was a Battle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
		She was named in honour of the Battle of Agincourt fought in 1415 during the Hundred Years War.
		In 1951, Agincourt subsequently became Captain (D), meaning she was the leader of the flotilla.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/HMS-Agincourt-%28D86%29 (311 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		HMS Agincourt was a World War I Dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.
		Agincourt was single-class vessel, laid down by Armstrongs at Newcastle upon Tyne as the Brazilian Rio de Janeiro in September 1911.
		HMS Agincourt formed part of the First Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, which she survived unscathed firing several broadsides without damage.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=HMS_Agincourt_(1913) (868 words)

	HMS Agincourt - Biocrawler
		Five ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Agincourt, named after the Battle of Agincourt of 1415, and construction of another was started but not completed.
		The third Agincourt, launched in 1865, was a Minotaur-class ironclad frigates and launched in 1865.
		The most famous Agincourt, launched in 1913, was a battleship built for Turkey but taken over by the Royal Navy before delivery and was present at the Battle of Jutland.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Agincourt (211 words)

	HMS Agincourt 1867
		HMS Agincourt was commissioned along with her sister ship HMS Norhtumberland.
		HMS Agincourt at anchor in Bantry Bay c.1884 when she was second Flagship of the Channel Fleet.
		HMS Agincourt, converted to a coal hulk, C109, in 1908, and stationed at Sheerness Harbour, where it remained until being broken up in 1960.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_agincourt1.htm (615 words)

	Hms Agincourt (d86) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HMS ''Agincourt'' (D86) was a later or 1943 Battle-class fleet destroyer of the Royal Navy.
		She was named in honour of the Battle of Agincourt fought in 1415 during the Hundred Years' War.
		In 1951, ''Agincourt'' subsequently became Captain (D), meaning she was the leader of the flotilla.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/HMS_Agincourt_(D86) (290 words)

	tScholars.com \| HMS Agincourt (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Five ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Agincourt, named after the Battle of Agincourt of 1415, and construction of another was started but not completed.
		The third Agincourt, launched in 1865, was a Minotaur-class ironclad frigate and launched in 1865.
		An Agincourt was ordered as a battlecruiser version of the Queen Elizabeth-class fast battleships, but construction was cancelled on the outbreak of World War I in 1914, before work had begun.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/HMS_Agincourt (188 words)

	HMS Agincourt
		A later HMS Agincourt was one of three Minotaur class ironclad frigates.
		The most famous HMS Agincourt was a battleship present at the Battle of Jutland.
		She was converted to a radar picket in 1959, with the removal of three of her guns and her torpedo tubes, and the addition of Sea Cat anti-aircraft missiles and a modern radar.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/h/hm/hms_agincourt.html (725 words)

	HMS "Agincourt" Operational History
		Never the less, HMS Agincourt, as she was renamed was now part of the fleet.
		Agincourt opened fire with full broadsides, and during the course of the battle fired 144 rounds of 12-inch, and 111 round from her 6-inch guns.
		Luckily for Agincourt she was not hit during the battle, and a torpedo that was headed for her stopped short.
	www.warship.get.net.pl /WBrytania/Battleships/1914_Agincourt_class/_Agincourt_history.html (640 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - HMS Warrior
		HMS Warrior was the longest warship afloat at the time she was built, and only one other ship in the world, Brunel's Great Eastern, was longer.
		HMS Warrior also had a figurehead on the end of her bow - and she, along with her sistership HMS Black Prince, and the HMS Rodney of 1888 were the last British front-rank ships to carry a figurehead.
		HMS Resistance was the first British ship to be equipped with a ram - Warrior also had a strong bow and could have rammed, but as her bow was a knee bow, it would not have been as effective.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A405064 (4188 words)

	Spotlight on Nation (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Royal Navy Ironside of HMS AGINCOURT is a massive, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its complete lack of prisons.
		HMS AGINCOURT's national animal is the Jolly Jar Tar, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Rum Ration.
		HMS AGINCOURT is ranked 3rd in the region and 66,486th in the world for Most Devout Nations.
	www.nationstates.net /-1/page=display_nation/nation=hms_agincourt (157 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Weapons and Warfare (G-O)
		HMS Captain was a British turret ironclad of 6950 tons displacement built in 1869 and lost in 1870 when it capsized off Finisterre.
		Like HMS Courageous, HMS Glorious was completed in 1917 as a fast cruiser for use in the Great War in the Baltic, but by the 1920s with Britain wanting to increase her aircraft carrier strength she was converted to an aircraft carrier, as was HMS Courageous.
		HMS Wasp was a British steam gunboat, which was lost in September 1887 while on a passage from Singapore to Hong-Kong.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/F4.HTM (15666 words)

	HMS Agincourt
		H.M. steam-vessel Vixen, pinnace and cutter, Lieutenant Wilcox, Mr.
		The launch and second barge of the Agincourt, the barge of the Vestal, and launch of the Daedalus were then, ordered up with directions to form line abreast, to anchor by the stern when close up to the boom, and keep up a fire, whilst the three cutters under Lieutenant Reid, Mr.
		Captain Johnston, of the Agincourt, commanded the whole of the landing forces, assisted by commander Egerton, of the Hazard.
	www.pbenyon.plus.com /18-1900/A/00107.html (4168 words)

	Art prints o fthe Battle of Jutland
		HMS Vanguard at the Battle of Jutland by Charles Dixon.
		HMS Lion at the Battle of Jutland by Ivan Berryman.
		HMS Lion with her sister ship HMS Princess Royal are shown firing on the German High Seas Fleet which can be seen in the distance during the Battle of Jutland.
	www.first-world-war.com /jutland.htm (1977 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - HMS Warrior - A538030
		HMS Warrior was a compromise, with her centre of gravity in the middle, and consequently, problems were inevitable.
		HMS Warrior also had a figurehead on the end of her bow, and along with her sister ship, HMS Black Prince and the HMS Rodney of 1888, was one of the last of the British front-rank ships to carry a figurehead.
		HMS Warrior is now the only surviving iron warship in the world, and is on display in Portsmouth.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/classic/A538030 (3681 words)

	HMS Agincourt (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Agincourt was a steam-powered British battleship that was among the last warships built with sails, which were used to supplement the steam engines on long voyages.
		Her four 9-inch and twenty-four 7-inch rifled guns were arranged in a long, armored battery — one of the last times such a gun configuration was used as rotating gun turrets were about to come into widespread use.
		The Agincourt survived well into the 20th Century, and was finally broken up in 1960.
	empireearth.gamesurf.tiscali.de /index.php?page=show_unit&cat=wasser&which=agincourt (183 words)

	Type 82 General Purpose Destroyer
		His early experience was gained as a Midshipman and Sub Lieutenant in the Destroyers HMS Agincourt and HMS Carysfort which took him to the Mediterranean, the Far East and the South Pacific.
		In 1980 he was appointed in command of the general purpose frigate HMS Avenger as Captain of the 4th Frigate Squadron of 'Type 21s'.
		HMS Avenger herself conducted several bombardments of the Argentine positions, landed special operations forces and survived a combined Super Etendard/Exocet and Skyhawk bomber attack of which she was the focus.
	www.hmsbristol.plus.com /cos.htm (966 words)

	The first Ironclads 1859-1872
		Outgoing of the twin-screw turret-ship HMS GLATTON on the Chatham Dockyard, 1871.
		HMS AGINCOURT on ground in the bay of Gibraltar, 1871.
		In the foreground the turretship HMS THUNDERER, launched 1872, with a steam engine and without sails; in the background a fregate, such 12 years ago.
	www.klaus-kramer.de /Schiff/Panzerschiffe/Panzerschiffe_1/Panzerschiffe_1_engl_top.html (772 words)

	Battle class destroyer at AllExperts
		This left a flotilla of eight ships, Agincourt, Aisne, Alamein, Barrosa, Corruna, Dunkirk, Jutland (ex Malplaquet) and Matapan to be completed for service in the Royal Navy and, as with other ships built after the end of hostilities, work proceded at a very slow pace.
		Agincourt, Barrosa and Corunna were placed in dockyard hands for conversion to radar pickets.
		Agincourt spent four and a half years rotating between Home and Mediterranean waters, first as part of the 5th DS and then, after the reorganisation into Escort Squadrons, with 23ES and 27ES.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/ba/battle_class_destroyer.htm (5413 words)

	British 12"/45 (30.5 cm) Mark X
		It is noted that when she was first taken over, Agincourt lacked sub-caliber guns and as a result firing practices were restricted and her battle efficiency was reduced.
		I have chosen to use those values given in "Jutland: An Analysis of the Fighting." As Agincourt was not designed by the Royal Navy, she was often on the bottom of the priority list when it came to new equipment.
		For example, it is noted that Agincourt received very old shells for her initial outfit, some dating back to the 1890s.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNBR_12-45_mk13.htm (864 words)

	HMS Agincourt
		HMS Agincourt, Due to the South American Rivalry between Brazil, Argentina and Chile, The Brazilian Government ordered from Armstrong's to be called Rio de Janeiro.
		This battleship was originally meant for Brazil with the name of Rio de Janeiro but was purchased by Turkey and renamed Sultan Osman I. The ship was taken over again by the Royal Navy and she became HMS Agincourt at the start of WWI.
		He also served on HMS Minotaur, HMS Impregnable and HMS Agincourt.
	www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk /hms_agincourt.htm (1050 words)

	HMS 'Agincourt' (TXT0015) - National Maritime Museum
		A cap ribbon inscribed 'HMS AGINCOURT' is mounted between the photograph spaces.
		He saw active service in HMS 'Hyacinth' blockading the coast of Somaliland and on anti-pirate duty in the Persian Gulf 1909-1910.
		HMS 'Agincourt' was a 50-gun armoured frigate with a ram bow; she and her sister ships 'Minotaur' and 'Northumberland' were the largest warships to be propelled by a single screw.
	www.nmm.ac.uk /collections/explore/object.cfm?ID=TXT0015 (228 words)

	British Navy Ships--HMS Agincourt (1914)
		She was then seized by the British, much to the disgust of the Turkish Government and people, who had raised her purchase price by public subscription.
		She was taken out of service in 1919, but recommissioned for "experimental purposes" in 1921.
		She is following astern of HMS Erin, which is completing a turn to starboard.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-a/aginct14.htm (569 words)

	HMS Cheviot - Phil Huntly
		Two vessels of this class were launched in 1944 by the Clyde yard of Stephen and Sons Ltd, HMS Chevron and the Cheviot (2/5/44).
		Classical names were popular, Agamemnon the king of Mycenae who commanded the Greek army during the siege of Troy and Bellerophon a Greek hero who, with the help of the winged horse Pegasus, slew the monster Chimaera, sailed the seas as British battleships.
		To celebrate battles, Agincourt was among those chosen, commemorating the victory of Henry V over the French in 1415.
	www.coquetdale.net /articles/hmscheviot/hmscheviot.html (795 words)

	Dreadnought Battleships
		HMS King George V, Ajax, Centurion, Audacious Laid down 1911.
		HMS Iron Duke, Marlborough, Benbow, Emperor of India Laid down 1912.
		HMS Queen Elizabeth, Warspite, Barham, Valiant, Malaya Laid down 1912-1913.
	worldwar1.co.uk /battlesh.htm (255 words)

	British Navy Ships--HMS Agincourt (1914)
		HMS Agincourt, a 27,500-ton battleship, was built at Elswick, England.
		As HMS Agincourt, she was commissioned for Royal Navy service soon after being taken over.
		Agincourt served with the Grand Fleet in the North Sea for nearly the entire four years of World War I and, at the end of May 1916, took part in the Battle of Jutland.
	138.147.50.20 /photos/sh-fornv/uk/uksh-a/aginct14.htm (569 words)

	Definition of HMS Agincourt (1865)
		HMS Agincourt was one of three Minotaur class ironclad frigates.
		At the time, a frigate was a ship with a single gun-deck, although the Minotaur Class was what would later be considered to be a battleship.
		From 1908 onwards as HMS Ganges she was used as a training ship, and finally a coal hulk C109 at Sheerness.
	www.wordiq.com /definition/HMS_Agincourt_%281865%29 (216 words)

	Hms Agincourt - Dicy.com
		HMS Agincourt, 64, was a wooden 3rd rate frigate...
		HMS Agincourt in 1914.nbsp The flying decks amidships were removed early...
		Named HMS Agincourt, the ship was nicknamed quotThe Gin Palacequot by her...
	www.dicy.com /search.cfm?st=hms%20agincourt (180 words)

	Sierra: Empire Earth - Epochs: Industrial Age (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The steam-powered battleship Agincourt was one of the last warships built with sails, which were used to supplement the engines on long voyages.
		Her 4 nine-inch and 24 seven-inch rifled guns were arranged in a long armored battery – one of the last times such a gun configuration was used, as rotating gun turrets came into widespread use shortly thereafter.
		Originally fitted with muzzle-loading guns, she was converted to breech-loading weapons later in the 1860s.
	www.empireearth.com /epochs09_industrial.jsp (312 words)

	HMS Gambia Association
		Roger Frankish, ex OA1, HMS GAMBIA, 1958 - 60.
		H.M.S. Euryalaus, after an exciting battle and thus two Devonport ships were able to inform the Home Port that a "proper job" had been done.
		H.M.S. Barrosa coming alongside for a RAS. Her sister ship H.M.S. Broadsword(?) was as I recall a short distance away on the Port Side,
	www.hmsgambia.com /gambia1.html (1115 words)

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