H.M.S. Agincourt
1917
(Navis 119aN)
- Class: Agincourt - 1 battleship of 1911
- Displacement: 27,500t load ; 30,250t deep load
- Dimensions: 671ft 6 in x 89ft x 27ft mean
- Machinery: 4-shaft Parsons geared turbines, 22 Babcock & Wilcox boilers, 34,000shp = 22kts. Coal 3200t, oil 620t. Range 4500nm at 10kts
- Armor: Main belt 9in-4in, bulkheads 8in-4in, barbettes 9in-3in, turret faces 12in, decks 2.5in-1in, CT 12in
- Armament: 14-12in/45 cal MkXIII (7x2), 20-6in/50 cal Mk XI (20x1), 10-3in/45 cal QF; 3-21in TT sub (2 beam, 1 stern)
- Complement: 1,115
- Builder: Armstrong, Elswick
- Laid Down: Sep 1911
- Launched: 22 Jan 1913
- Completed: Aug 1914
- Notes: Ordered by Brazil as the Rio de Janeiro as part of the arms race between the ABC countries: Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. However, as this cooled down, Brazil looked to sell, and Turkey, smarting from recent defeats in the Balkan Wars, bought her in early 1914 and renamed her Sultan Osman I. The ship was just completed as World War I was erupting, and Great Britain, concerned which side Turkey would take, held up delivery, then took her over in Aug 1914 and commissioned her as HMS Agincourt. After alterations, she joined the 4th B.S. of the Grand Fleet at sea on 7 Sep 1914. Transferred to 1st B.S. 1915 and fought at Jutland, firing 144 rounds of 12in. Joined 2nd B.S. late 1918. Used for experimental work postwar and then sold for BU in 1922.
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