Agincourt Class Battleship Overview

Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Agincourt
(ex-Rio de Janeiro,
ex-Sultan Osman 1)
Armstrong Elswick Works Ltd.
Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Jan. 22, 1913
Aug. 20, 1914
Fate
Sold Dec. 19, 1922 to Rosyth Shipbreakers Co. and scrapped in Scotland 1924-25.


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