HMS Agincourt (D86)

	HMS Agincourt underway
History
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 and type	Battle-class destroyer
Displacement	2,480 tons standard
Length	379 ft (116 m)
Beam	40 ft 6 in (12.34 m)
Draught	12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) mean; 17 ft 6 in (5.33 m) maximum;
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
Armament	Originally:; 5 × 4.5-inch (114 mm) guns; 8 × Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60s; 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 2 × Squid mortar; From 1959:; Sea Cat missiles;
Service record
Part of:	4th Destroyer Flotilla; 4th Destroyer Squadron;

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.

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