Agincourt Class Battleship Overview |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
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Armstrong Elswick Works Ltd. Newcastle-on-Tyne, England |
Jan. 22, 1913 |
Aug. 20, 1914 |
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Fate |
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Sold Dec. 19, 1922 to Rosyth Shipbreakers Co. and scrapped in Scotland 1924-25.
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Notes: |
Ordered by Brazil as Rio de Janeiro but sold by Brazil to Turkey in 1914 and renamed Sultan Osman 1. Withheld from Turkey when World War 1 began she was delivered to the Royal Navy and commissioned HMS Agincourt. |
Page revised Feb. 23, 2007 |