HMS Agincourt joined the Royal Navy as part of their growing "Dreadnought" series of battleships in service before the First World War (1914-1918). The Dreadnought description was created when the famous HMS Dreadnought entered service in 1906, a large steam-powered battleship that also incorporated a balance of speed and protection into its design.
Her arrival immediately rendered all existing major battleships obsolete, forcing national forces to follow their quest for modern warships. Therefore, the pre-existing ships were called "Predreadnoughts".
HMS Agincourt proved to be the only member of her class - a rarity in ship procurement usually. She was also originally ordered by the Brazilian government as "Rio de Janeiro", built by Armstrong in Newcastle upon Tyne, and the keel was laid on 14 September 1911.
She was thrown into the sea on January 22, 1913.
However, during the shipbuilding period, Brazil entered an economic recession that weakened its naval weapons goals. Unable to afford the ship, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) moved in in December 1913 to protect the British warships. It was named "Sultan Osman I". With the outbreak of World War I on the European continent, the British government took over the ship, although the Turks had paid off two British-built warships.
The British were wary of supplying warships to a country inclined to cooperate with a hostile Germany, which led to the warship's commissioning with the Royal Navy in August 1914. The incident angered the Ottoman Empire and eased their decision to formally join the Allies.
Named after the Battle of Agincourt, October 1415, a decisive British victory over the hateful French in October 1415, HMS Agincourt was commissioned on 7 August and commissioned on 20 August Done. At the time of construction, she was a unique dreadnought - with seven turrets and a BL Mk XIII main gun no less than 14 x 12 inches (304.8 mm). The sheer weight reduces her armor protection, but she can cruise at 22 knots at full power in ideal conditions, and her seakeeping is considered reliable. Her propulsion consisted of 22 x Babcock and Wilcox water tube boilers and 4 x Parsons steam turbines producing 34,000 horsepower on 4 shafts for a range of 8,100 miles.
In the center of her profile are a pair of pipes and two towering pylons, completing her silhouette.
The main guns are distributed on seven twin-gun turrets, two of which are located forward of the bridge superstructure, two amidships and three forward of the stern. Additional firepower comes from 20 x 6 in (152 mm) BL Mk XIII and 10 x 3 in (76 mm) guns.
Torpedoes can be carried through 3 x 21" (533 mm) tubes.
Armor protection ranges from 229mm thick on the belt to a maximum of 64mm on the deck. She has turret protection up to 229mm and turret protection up to 305mm. The conning tower has 305mm of protection and bulkheads up to 152mm thick. Her total displacement is 28,300 tonnes under standard load and 31,360 tonnes under full load.
Dimensions include a length of 671.5 feet, a width of 89 feet and a draft of 29.9 feet.
When the war broke out, HMS Agincourt and others formed the 4th Combat Squadron of the Grand Fleet. She was on patrol for the first few months and fired angrily several times throughout the war, including as a participant in the largest naval battle of the war, the Battle of Jutland, which resulted in a tactically ambiguous victory, but the British allowed access to Germany from Germany. Maintain control of North Sea functions.
The battle took place from May 31 to June 1, 1916.
Her silhouette was redrawn in 1917 when her mainmast tripod was modified to a pole design. HMS Agincourt survived the entire war and was finally armistice in November 1918, it only existed briefly after the war when the British tried to resell the tried and tested veteran to the Brazilian government, which rejected it.
A proposal. She was placed in reserve status in 1919 and officially retired in April 1921. HMS Agincourt was scrapped in 1924 under the newly drafted Washington Naval Treaty.
- Blue Water Operations
- Fleet Support
- Hunter
- direct attack
671.5 ft (204.67 m)
27.13m
9.11m
30,250 tons
22 kn (25 mph)
7,039 nautical miles (8,100 miles; 13,036 km)
14 x 12" (305 mm) BL Mk XIII main gun, seven turrets, two guns.
20 x 6" (152 mm) BL Mk XIII Gun
10 x 3" (76 mm) gun
3 x 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes
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