HMS Agincourt (1796)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Agincourt, HMS Bristol, and Earl Talbot (East Indiaman).

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,^[2] who had called her Earl Talbot.^[3]

Plan of Agincourt
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"[1]
Fate	Sold, 1814
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	64-gun third rate ship of the line
Tons burthen	1439, or 1416[3] (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

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.^[a]

She was at Gibraltar 7 November 1803.^[5]

She and HMS Argo arrived at Malta from Egypt 15 March 1804 under command of Capt. Thomas Briggs.^[6]

She was decommissioned in 1809 and converted to a troop ship on 6 January 1812 under the name HMS Bristol.^[3][7]

Fate

Bristol was sold on 15 December 1814 on condition that she be broken up immediately.^[3] She sold for £4,510.^[7]

Notes

1. A first-class share of the prize money awarded in April 1823 was worth £34 2s 4d; a fifth-class share, that of a seaman, was worth 3s 11½d. The amount was small as the total had to be shared between 79 vessels and the entire army contingent.^[4]