HMS Agincourt Built by Armstrong, laid down September 1911, commissioned August 1914, cost estimated ?2,900,000. Size: Length 668 feet waterline 671 feet 6inches overall, beam 89 feet, draught 29feet 10inches (mean deep), displacement 24,792 tons light 30,860 tons deep. Propulsion: 4 shaft Parsons turbines, 34,000 shp, 22kts. Trials: 40,129 shp = 22.42 knots Armour: 9-4in belt, 9-2in barbettes, 12in turret faces, 2.5-1in decks. Armament: 14 x 12in 45cal MK XIII (7 x 2), 20 x 6in (20 x 1), 10 x 3in (12 x 1), 3 x 21in TT. Comments: Originally ordered for Brazil as Rio de Janeiro but during construction the Brazilian government ran into financial difficulties and sold the ship to the Ottoman government and was renamed Sultan Osman I. Ship was expropriated (seized) by the Royal Navy in August 1914 and renamed Agincourt. Heavily armed with a record 14 main guns and a heavy secondary armament resulting in a long ship. Speed was also slightly higher than normal but protection was poor. Crew 1,109. World War 1 Service: 25 August 1914 joined the 4th Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet. Transferred to the 1st Battle Squadron 1915. Present at the Battle of Jutland. Fired 144 12in rounds and received no damage. Transferred to the 2nd Battle Squadron in late 1918. December 1922 sold for scrap.