H.M.S. Agincourt (1913)
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Career | Details |
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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].