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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the BRITISH NAVY --
HMS Agincourt (Broadside Ironclad, 1868-1961)
HMS Agincourt, a 10,690-ton Minotaur class broadside
ironclad, was built at Birkenhead, England. Though her keel was
laid in October 1861 and she was launched in March 1865, the new
ship was not completed until 1868, by which time her design was
somewhat outdated. One of three British battleships built with
five masts, Agincourt was employed in June and July 1869
to help tow a large floating drydock to Madeira, where it was
handed over to HMS Warrior
and HMS Black Prince
for further passage to Bermuda.
With this unusual assignment completed, Agincourt served
with the Channel Squadron until 1875. In 1871 she ran hard aground
near Gibraltar and was only gotten off after several days of hard
work. Between 1875 and 1877 she was refitted with larger guns
and was then sent to the Mediterranea Sea. In February 1878 she
steamed through the Dardanelles in bad weather, in company with
other British warships, as a show of force directed at Russian
policy towards the Turkish Empire. Later in that year Agincourt
returned to the Channel Fleet, with which she operated until 1889.
After four years in reserve, she was used as a harbor training
ship at Portland and Harwich between 1893 and 1909. The old battleship
was then reduced to a coal hulk. She was finally scrapped in 1961.
This page features all the views we have concerning the
British broadside ironclad Agincourt (1868-1961).
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 63223
HMS Agincourt (British Broadside Ironclad, 1868)
Engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1866, following
the ship's launching but before she entered service.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 75984
HMS Agincourt (British Broadside Ironclad, 1868)
Photographed after the completion of her 1875-1877 refit, when
alternate gunports were enlarged to accomodate larger muzzle-loading
rifles.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 65871
HMS Agincourt (British Broadside Ironclad, 1868)
In drydock, showing her bow decorations.
Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (Medical Corps).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 103513
HMS Agincourt (British Broadside Ironclad, 1868)
Nineteenth Century photograph by Symonds & Company, Portsmouth,
England, of a painting depicting the ship during a storm.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Collection of Captain Henry K. Davenport and Rear Admiral Richard
G. Davenport.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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In the following photographs HMS Agincourt is seen
distantly, or may be among the ships present:
Photo #: NH 75997
HMS Northumberland (British Broadside Ironclad, 1868),
center, and
HMS Agincourt (British Broadside Ironclad, 1868),
at left
Photographed together while serving in the Channel Fleet after
1879, when Northumberland was reduced from five-masted
to three-masted rig, but prior to 1889, when Agincourt
was placed in reserve.
Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 89536
Funchal, Madeira
View of Funchal harbor, taken by local photographer M.d.O. Perestrello
during the 1870s or 1880s.
Four British battleships are present, among them two of the three
"five masters" (Minotaur, Agincourt and
Northumberland). The ship at far right, partially hidden
by the land, appears to be HMS Monarch.
Collection of Captain E.L. Bennett, USN.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 88850
"Jubilee" Fleet Review at Portsmouth, England, 23 July
1887
British warships anchored off Portsmouth during the naval review
held in honor of Queen Victoria's 50th year on the throne. Identifiable
ships, all dressed with flags) include (from left to right):
HMS Minotaur (with five masts), HMS Agincourt (with
five masts), HMS Glatton (right center, in middle distance),
HMS Black Prince (behind Glatton), and HMS Prince
Albert (to the right of Glatton). A small yacht is
steaming by in the right foreground.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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