HMS Agincourt (1865)
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| Launched: | 1865 |
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| Fate: | Scrapped 1960 |
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 10,800 tons |
| Length: | 671 ft 6 in (205 m) |
| Beam: | 89 ft (27.1 m) |
| Draught: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails plus single shaft two cylinder coal fired steam engine |
| Speed: | 14.8 knots (27 km/h) maximum |
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| Complement: | 800 |
| Armament: | 4 x 9 in (229 mm) and 24 x 7 in (178 mm) muzzle loaded rifled guns |
| Armour: | 5 inch (127 mm) belt with 10 inch (254 mm) teak backing |
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HMS Agincourt was one of three Minotaur class ironclad frigates. She was a fully rigged ship with a steam engine and an armoured iron hull and launched in 1865. For a time the Minotaur class had five masts, the most which have ever been fitted in a warship. 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. She was finally scrapped in 1960.
See HMS Agincourt for other ships of this name.