HMS ''Agincourt'' was a 64-gun third-rate

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of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 July 1796 at

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, London. The Admiralty bought her on the stocks from the East India Company in 1796, who had called her ''Earl Talbot''. ''Agincourt'' served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, which qualified her officers and crew for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the

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authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants. She was decommissioned in 1809 and converted to a troop ship on 6 January 1812 under the name HMS ''Bristol''.

Fate

''Bristol'' was sold on 15 December 1814 on condition that she be broken up immediately. She sold for £4,510.

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References

* *Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. . *

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