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HMS Agincourt |
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HMS Agincourt Laid Down : 12th December 1943 Launched : 29th January 1945 Completed : 25th June 1947 Type : Destroyer Class : Battle Builder : Hawthorn Leslie Country : UK Pennants : D86 Fate : Scrapped October 1974. |
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  HMS Agincourt, 1947. |   HMS Agincourt, November 1948. |   HMS Agincourt, June 1953. |   HMS Agincourt, August 1964. |   HMS Agincourt, 1971. |
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12th December 1943 - Laid down at Hawthorn Leslie At Hebburn 29th January 1945 - Launched 29th January 1945 - Pennant L06 25th June 1947 - Commissioned 19th January 1948 - Arrived Portland 16th March 1948 - Flagship of Rear-Admiral Russell 16th March 1948 - Air attack exercises in the English Channel 16th March 1948 - Exercised in the Channel with the Fleet Air Arm 13th December 1948 - Arrived Portsmouth after exercises 22nd May 1950 - Captain D. E. Holland-Martin in Command 22nd May 1950 - Comenced Exercise " Activity " 26th May 1950 - Completed Exercise Activity 27th May 1950 - Arrived Brest 30th May 1950 - Sailed Brest 18th April 1951 - Searched for the Affray 5th November 1951 - Capt. M.J. Evans in Command 5th November 1951 - Arrived Malta 7th November 1951 - Sailed Malta for Port Said 25th January 1952 - Capt. M.J. Evans in Command 25th January 1952 - Sailed Malta 15th June 1953 - Participated in 1953 Coronation Review 23rd November 1953 - Stationed in the North Atlantic for the flight of the Queen to Bermuda 23rd November 1953 - Capt J. Lee-Barber in Command May 1954 - Deployed to the Mediterranean 19th May 1954 - Flagship of Admiral Sir Michael Denny 25th September 1954 - Exercise "Morning Mist" May 1955 - Returned to UK from Mediterranean 15th July 1955 - Arrived Split 17th July 1955 - Exercises with the Yugoslav Navy May 1957 - Deployed to the Mediterranean 27th May 1957 - Review of the Home Fleet in Cromarty Firth by H.M. Queen 1st June 1958 - Off Barcelona with HMS Eagle June 1959 - Returned to UK from Mediterranean June 1959 - Paid-off and entered Portsmouth for conversion into a Radar Picket. June 1962 - Returned to Fleet after conversion October 1966 - Paid-off and placed in reserve at Portsmouth October 1972 - Placed on the disposal list October 1974 - Broken up in Sunderland | |||
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Last edited : 19:27, February 19, 2011
By : jbryce1437
First Added : 15:36, December 14, 2010
By : kc
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