HMS Agincourt (D86)
HMS Agincourt underway | |
| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Agincourt |
| Namesake | Battle of Agincourt |
| Ordered | 1943 |
| Builder | Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Hebburn |
| Yard number | 664 |
| Laid down | 12 December 1943 |
| Launched | 29 January 1945 |
| Completed | 25 June 1947 |
| Commissioned | 25 June 1947 |
| Decommissioned | 1972 |
| Fate | Broken up 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Battle-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,480 tons standard |
| Length | 379 ft (116 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft 6 in (12.34 m) |
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| Propulsion | Oil fired, two three-drum boilers, Parsons geared turbines, twin screws, 50,000 hp (37 MW) |
| Speed | 35.75 knots (66.21 km/h) |
| Complement | 268 |
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HMS Agincourt (D86) was a later or 1943 Battle-class fleet destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named in honour of the Battle of Agincourt, fought in 1415 during the Hundred Years' War. Agincourt was built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Company Limited on the River Tyne. She was launched on 29 January 1945 and commissioned on 25 June 1947.