Ironclads


HMS Agincourt, 1884


ClassMinotaur
TypeBroadside Ironclad
Built1867
Speed14.8 Knots
Weight10,600 tons
Dimensions400 feet long, 59.5 foot beam, 27.75 foot draught
Armament4 x 9 inch MLR, 24 x 7 inch Muzzle Loading Rifles, 8 x 24pdr Smoothbore Guns
Crew800
FateShe became a coal hulk in 1908 and served in this capacity up until 1960.
NotesThis five masted Iron Screw Ship was the flagship in the 1878 Dardanelles Expedition.


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by Stephen Luscombe