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| Name | Agincourt (1817) | Explanation | |
| Type | Third rate | ||
| Launched | 19 March 1817 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Sail | ||
| Builders measure | 1747 tons | ||
| Displacement | |||
| Guns | 74 | ||
| Fate | 1884 | ||
| Class | Armada | ||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1848 t.s. 1866 hospital ship. 1870 r.s. | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| (January 1840) | Out of commission at Plymouth | ||
| 1 February 1842 - May 1845 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Captain Henry William Bruce, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas John Cochrane (his brother-in-law), East Indies | ||
| 12 June 1845 - 6 September 1847 | Commanded by Captain William James Hope Johnstone, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas John Cochrane, East Indies | ||
| 28 January 1848 - 31 March 1849 | Commanded by Captain William Bowen Mends, depot ship of Ordinary, Devonport | ||
| 1 April 1849 - 29 May 1850 | Commanded by Captain William James Hope Johnstone, depot ship of Ordinary, Devonport | ||
| 1865 | Renamed Vigo | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 31 May 1847 | PENANG, April 3. On Monday forenoon the Vernon, 50, Captain Fitzgerald, flag of Rear-Admiral Inglefield, Commander-in-Chief on the East India and China station, and the Acorn, 16, Commander Bingham, were signalled from the Great-hill, coming in to the northward. The Vernon turned the Pulo Tricoose point just at sunset, and saluted the Agincourt, 72, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, whose term of service has expired, which the latter returned next morning. On Tuesday morning Admiral Inglefield proceeded to the Government bungalow, on the Great Hill, where Admiral Cochrane is at present residing. The Iris, 26, Captain Munday, is reported to sail for England on Tuesday next.The Vernon, and Dido, 20, Captain Maxwell, were at Penang on the 11 th of April, the latter about proceeding to New Zeeland; the Agincourt, 72, Captain Johnstone, for England; the Daedalus, 20, Captain Quhae, for Hongkong; the Wolf, 18, acting Commander Vansittart, for Lebuan; and the Acorn, 16, Commander Bingham, together with the Hon. Company's steam-sloops Nemesis and Ganges, were in port also at Penang, on the 11th of April. The Vestal, 26, Captain C. Talbot, sailed from China for England on the 4th of March, leaving the Vulture steam-frigate, Captain M'Dougal, senior officer's ship, at Hongkong, until the arrival of Admiral lnglefield, when she will be stationed at Whampoa. The Espiegle, 12, Commander Harris, by the latest advices, was to proceed from Hongkong to Ningpo, after undergoing certain repairs [according to his service record, and his entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' Thomas Pickering Thompson was in command of this vessel at this time]; the Childers, 16, Commander Pitman, was to proceed to Shanghae; the Ringdove, 16, Commander Clifford, to Amoy; and the Scout, 16, Commander Loring, to Foochowfoo; the last named vessel has captured 39 of the pirates who had been committing so many cruel murders and depredations, the boldness with which they perpetrate which may be judged of from the fact that they do not scruple to openly attack a men of war. The surveying schoonor Young Hebe (ordered to be sold out of Her Majesty's service), whilst at Hongkong under repair and opposite the moorings of the Vestal, 26, was boarded by a pirate boat's crow of nearly 30 men, and was completely gutted. It is said the Scout is to be sent to track the pirates. | ||
| Fr 9 July 1847 | The following ships have served the usual period of commission (three years); many have exceeded that term, and are on their way home to be paid off or are ordered to return as soon as relieved:—
EAST INDIA STATION. The Agincourt, 72, Captain Johnstone, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Commander-in-Chief; having been relieved by the Vernon, 50, Captain Fitzgerald, Rear-Admiral Inglefield.The Fox, 42, Commodore Sir Henry Blackwood. The Castor, 36, Captain Graham. The Iris, 26, Captain Mundy. The Pilot, 16, Commander Wilson. The Wolf, 16, Commander Vansittart. The Spiteful steam sloop, Commander Sir W. Hoste, Bart. MEDITERRANEAN. The Albion, 90, Captain Fremantle. The America, 50, Captain Sir T. Maitland. The Flamer steam sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Lavie.The Hecla steam sloop, Commander Starmer. The Virago steam sloop, Commander Lunn. PACIFIC STATION. The Collingwood, 80, Captain Smart, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir George Seymour, Commander-in-Chief.The Fisgard, 42, Captain Duntze. The Modeste, 18, Captain Watkins. The Cormorant steam sloop, Commander Seymour. THE BRAZILS. The Curaçoa, 24, Captain Broughton.The Racer, 16, Commander Reed. The Satellite, 16, Commander Rowley. THE WEST INDIES. The Hermes steam sloop, Commander Carr.COAST OF AFRICA. The Prometheus steam sloop, Commander Hay.The Sealark, 6, Acting-Commander Whyte. COAST OF IRELAND. The Comet steam sloop, Lieutenant-Commander Johnstone.The Stromboli steam sloop, Commander Fisher. | ||
| Tu 27 July 1847 | P0RTSM0UTH, Monday. The Iris, 26, Captain G.R. Mundy, arrived at Spithead this morning, from the East India and China station. Her dates are — Penang, April 8; the Cape of Good Hope, June 1; St. Helena, June 14; Ascension, June 19. At Simon's-bay she left the President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-Admiral Dacres, Commander-in-Chief; and the Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote, all well. She has brought a mail, but no news from the Cape. The island of St. Helena was healthy; there were no men-of-war there. Ascension also was healthy, but water very scarce. Turtle was plentiful. The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, K.C.B, Commander-in-Chief; the Tortoise store and guard ship, Captain Hutton; and the Mariner, 12, Commander Mathison, were lying there. The Iris reports that the Agincourt may be looked for in a fortnight. The Iris has been absent nearly four years, and is in admirable condition. Orders were awaiting her arrival to proceed to Chatham to be paid off, which have been so for countermanded that she is to remain at Spithead until Wednesday, and in the mean time Admiral Sir Charles Ogle is to muster her crew and inspect her. | ||
| Ma 9 August 1847 | PORTSMOUTH, Sunday. The Wolf, 18, Commander Vansittart, arrived yesterday morning at Spithead from the East India and China station to be paid off, having been nearly five years and a half in commission. She is in admirable condition, which is mainly attributable to her first-lieutenant (Mr. Thomas Heard), a highly serviceable officer, who has served with Captain Sir E. Belcher in the Samarang. She sailed this day at about 1 p.m. for Plymouth to be paid off. She brings the latest news from the Cape of Good Hope, having left Simon's-bay on the 12th of June, at which date the predatory incursions of the Caffres still continued, and Cape Town was nearly deserted. The Agincourt, 72, Captain Johnstone, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, late Commander-in-Chief on the East India and China station, had arrived in the bay a few days before the Wolf sailed, and would leave two days after her for England to be paid off, touching at St. Helena and Ascension for mails, &c. having been relieved in China by the Vernon, 50, flag of Rear-Admiral Inglefield. The flag-ship President, 60, Rear-Admiral Dacres, Commander-in-Chief, and the Brilliant, 22, Captain Watson, were also in Simon's-bay when the Wolf left. The Rosamond steam-sloop was at Table-bay: all well. | ||
| Ma 23 August 1847 | PORTSMOUTH, Aug. 22. The Agincourt, 72, Captain Johnstone, flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K,C.B., late Commander-in-Chief on the China and East India Station, arrived at Spithead at 7 o’clock this morning; Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander-in-Chief being absent on leave, and his flag struck, Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker, C.B., the acting Commander-in-Chief, who is junior to Rear-Admiral Cochrane, had to salute that officer first, thus reversing the usual order of that ceremony, although the flag (blue) at the mizen of the Agincourt was necessarily junior to the white one of Rear-Admiral Parker. This arose from the circumstance of Sir Thomas Cochrane not having received any official intimation of his promotion from blue to white and from the white to the red squadron of the fleet. As he is now senior officer as long as he remains at this port, Rear-Admiral Hyde Parker's authority as Commander-in-Chief is superseded. The Agincourt has been in commission five years and seven months, and has of course been employed in all the operations against the Chinese and the pirates of the coast. Five years being the maximum time appointed for a ship's term of commission on a foreign station, many of her crew who have been in her the whole time will receive double pay for the overtime. The ship is in splendid condition internally, but her outward appearance resembles that of an immense merchantman, on account of her fantastic port streak, %amp;c. She left Penang on the 14th of April, having been relieved by the Vernon, 50, flag of Rear-Admiral Inglefield, and arrived at Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, on the 5th of June; sailed thence on the 14th, leaving the President, 50, Captain Stanley, flag of Rear-Admiral Dacres, the Brilliant, 22, Captain Watson, and the Rosamond steam-sloop, Commander Foote, in the bay; arrived at St. Helena on the 24th of June, took in water, and sailed on the 28th, leaving the Waterwitch, 8, Commander T. Francis Birch, at anchor there; arrived at Ascension on the 3d of July, and sailed on the 4th for Spithead, leaving the Tortoise store and guard=ship, Captain Hutton, and the Kingfisher, 12, Commander Horton, the only men of war there. The island was very healthy, as also was St. Helena; and the squadron, under Commodore Sir Charles Hotham, employed on the coast of Africa. Commanders Patey and Paynter, of the Agincourt, have come home in the ship on promotion, as also the following officers invalided:- Commander Crouch, of the Devastation steam sloop, on the coast of Africa; Dr. Thompson, surgeon .of the Brilliant, from the Cape; Mr. Daniel, First Lieutenant of the Marines, from Ascension; and Dr. Henderson, assistant-surgeon of the Vernon; also 30 invalids from the various ships of the East India squadron. Sir Thomas Cochrane camo into harbour by the Fire Queen steam yacht, Lieutenant Commander Johnson, and landed at the dockyard this afternoon. The ship is ordered to Plymouth to be paid off. The admiral's 'effects have been taken out by the Echo and landed here. The Agincourt brought mails from the Cape, St. Helena, and Ascension, which were landed here this morning. | ||
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