AGINCOURT

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Battleship

Nickname

A Gin Palace

Ship Class

ex Sultan Osman 1st

Grouping

Ist Battle Squadron

Command

Grand Fleet

Builder's Yard

Armstrong Whitworth in Newcastle upon Tyne

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

ex Sultan of Oman for Turkey, ex Rio de Janeiro for Brazil requisitioned August 1914

Date Laid Down

09.14.11

Launch Date

01.22.13

Completed date

20.08.2014

Commission date

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Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

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Photo Details

Library of Congress. The photo is a montage.

Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

Scrapped 1924 (sold 1922)

Jutland result

70 tons of high tensile steel added to her main deck to protect magazines after Jutland. Fired 144 12" and 111 6" shells with no confirmed hits.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Captain Henry M. Doughty

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

1268 (1917)

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

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Wounded

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Prisoners

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Displacement full Load (tons)

30,860

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

671.6

Length (mtrs)

204.7

Beam (ft)

89

Beam (mtrs)

27.1

Draught (ft)

29'10"

Draught (mtrs)

9.1

Max. Speed (knots)

22

Range (miles)

8,100 10kts

Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

22 coal and oil fired boilers (Babcock & Wilcox) plus 2 Set Parsons steam turbines on 4 shafts. Performance: 34,000 shp (but 40,000 in sea trials)

Armour Main Belt

9" 229mm

Deck Armour

1-2.5" 25 - 64mm

Turret Armour IN CM

8 - 12" 203 - 305mm

Conning Tower Armour

12" 305 mm

Barbette Armour

2-9" 51-229mm

Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

Dreyer Table Mk 1 (not at the time of Jutland)

Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

12" BL/45 Mk XIII

No. Primary Turrets

7

Guns (No.barrels)

14

Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

805 386kg

Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

6" BL Mk Xiii

Guns (No.barrels) 2

20

Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

10 x 3" guns

Elevation (degrees)

-3 to 13.5

Gunnery Range (yards)

20,000

Gunnery Range (metres)

18,000

Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

1.5

Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

3

Torpedo Type MM

533

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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