H.M.S. Agincourt (1913)

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H.M.S. Agincourt
Career Details
Pennant: 09 (April, 1918)
Built By: Armstrong's, Elswick
Laid down: 14 September, 1911
Launched: 22 January, 1913
Commissioned: 7 August, 1914
Sold: 19 December, 1922
Fate: Scrapped

Officially job 690A.

Launch

Rio de Janeiro was launched on 22 January, 1913 by Mme. Huet de Bacellar, wife of Admiral Huet de Bacellar, the Chie of the Brazilian Naval Commission. The Brazilian Minister was represented by Senhor A. Guerre Duval.

She was fitted with a main armament director in June-July, 1916 while at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard[Citation needed].

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