Agincourt was a merchant vessel launched at North Shields in 1804. She was a transport and later sailed between Britain and Quebec. Her crew abandoned her at sea in 1821.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Agincourt |
| Namesake | Battle of Agincourt |
| Builder | Francis Hurry, North Shields[1] |
| Launched | 8 September 1804 |
| Fate | Abandoned November 1821 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 346,[2] or 34622⁄94,[1] or 347,[3] or 354 (bm)) |
| Armament |
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Career
editAlthough she was launched in 1804, Agincourt first appeared in a register, the Register of Shipping, in 1805. Her master was Crawford, her owner F. Hurry, and her trade Shields–London.[2]
On 14 February 1806 Lloyd's List reported that Agincourt, Sandwell, master, had run ashore in the Shannon while sailing from Tortola to London.[4] A few days later it was reported that she had been gotten off.[5]
On 19 January 1808 Lloyd's List reported that the transports Agnes and Agincourt, from the River Plate, had been driven ashore at Cowes,[6] on 14 January 1808.[7]
Agincourt may have been the transport that accompanied HMS Solebay, Derwent, and Tigress in the expedition that resulted in the capitulation on 13 July 1809 of Saint-Louis, Senegal, and its dependencies.[8]
| Year | Master | Owner | Trade | Source and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1806 | W. Sandwell | Morley | London transport | Register of Shipping (RS) |
| 1810 | W. Sandwell | Morley | London transport | (RS) |
| 1815 | Johnson | J. Manby | Cork transport | Lloyd's Register[3] |
| 1818 | T. Mather | Rainston | Shields–London London–Quebec |
RS; Damages repaired in 1816 |
| 1820 | J. Mathwin R.Railstone |
J.Railstone | Lieth–Quebec | LR |
On 4 October 1819 Agincourt, Mathwin, master, put into Milford Haven. She had been sailing from Quebec to London when she developed a leak that resulted in her talking on 18 inches of water an hour. She was going to discharge her cargo so that she could be grounded and examined to determine the damage she had sustained.[9]
Loss
editAgincourt, Everard, master, sailed from Quebec City to London on 7 October 1821. She was found abandoned and waterlogged on 12 November.[10]
Her crew had abandoned Agincourt in the Atlantic Ocean at (49°17′N 17°00′W / 49.283°N 17.000°W) after she developed a leak and 14 feet of water had accumulated in her hold. St Vincent rescued Agincourt's 13 crew members from their boats on 8 November. St Vincent was on her way from Glasgow to Grenada and transferred the seamen to several vessels sailing eastwards. Juno, Casengina, master, sailing from Montevideo, delivered Captain Everard and three of his crew to Gibraltar on 10 December.[11]
Citations
edit- ^ a b Hackman (2001), p. 248.
- ^ a b c Register of Shipping (1805), Seq.№1227.
- ^ a b c Lloyd's Register (1815), Seq.№265.
- ^ Lloyd's List №4297.
- ^ Lloyd's List №4298.
- ^ Lloyd's List №4221.
- ^ "Lloyd's Marine List – Jan 19. 1808". Caledonian Mercury. No. 13428. 23 January 1808.
- ^ Naval Chronicle, Vol. 22, pp.245–246.
- ^ Lloyd's List №5428.
- ^ Lloyd's List №5646.
- ^ "Ship News." Times [London, England] 3 Jan. 1822: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 7 Oct. 2018.
References
edit- Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.