I was aware of the bare bones of Agincourt’s story from books by Antony Preston and Richard Humble, but didn’t know about the in’s and out’s of how she came to be designed and built, and how she changed hands. Thanks for a concise, detailed presentation that didn’t drag on and on for ever!
Great information, research and presentation. I’ve always had a weakness for oddball warship designs, and this is one of my all-time favorites. if you can’t kill it with 14 big guns it can’t be killed. I look forward to future episodes in this series. Keep up the good work.
Just saw where I had made a comment. Must have "butt commented". Agincourt has always been one of my favorite British dreadnoughts. In no way did I intend to belittle the ship, her crew, or her service! I've always admired the one offs, Erin, Canada, and Agincourt.
Yet another excellent review of this Naval curio that fascinates anyone that is interested in warships of the early 20th century. My main source on her was The Big Battleship by Robert Hough
Yes, this was reported several times apparently during Jutland. With such an 'odd' mix of crew and mostly un-trained on big ships (I think there were a lot of young boy seamen on board aswell) It was a wonder really that she fired as often as she did, with at least one officer on another ship reporting "Agincourt is firing well". They might not have hit anything, but they get my vote in the awards for "most enthusiastic gunnery" during a battle.
Indeed, one British officer at Jutland, upon seeing a broadside from Agincourt, remarked that it resembled "a battle cruiser blowing up"! As he had already seen three of those, his description sadly carries weight.
Wouldn't blame them for mistaking the Agincourt exploding during Jutland considering that the Queen Mary, the Invincible and the Indefatigable went up if flames.
Fascinating. Indeed the rubber market had a very big influence on many events leading up to and during WW1. Paying attention to the ships' heads isn't the first thing I expect you would consider but they are pretty essential! Ask any submariner and he will confirm jt😅 so well done again. Thank you 👏🏽
This ship is in the naval battle simulator "World of Warships" as a premium tier 5 BB, with a 'gimmick' of it being able to brawl with enhanced secondary battery ablities. Slow AF lol, but fun--so of course i had to check here out HERE lol And you've done a really good job.
I deployed to South America in 1993 in support of UNITAS 34-93 on USS Whidbey Island LSD 41. Visited Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Sailed through the Panama Canal and Straits of Magellan.
She’s a super interesting ship! You didn’t mention that the Agincourt’s nickname was A Gin Palace, because the ship was so spacious compared to other RN ships, with fewer bulkheads and large compartments, including a gigantic wardroom that was 85 feet long. And the seven turrets were named after the days of the week, the foremost being Sunday and so on.
You didn't mention that Brazil had signed a contract to build three Battleships. If they had canceled the third they would still have to pay for it. Brazil Rio de Janeiro was the result of this requirement.
was this the ship that the town of ontario canada was named after i could be wrong in the name and town same as the ship agincourt ontario as well there is so many towns that have famous names all over canada in memory and respect of all the men and woman
thank you for the reply it is always cool to see the names like these in canada i would go through a small bunch of towns on the way back to pickering ontario one of the was colchester may uncle lived in colchester in england then i would go into paris ontario realy nice town split in two by a river one of my favorite towns
@@waynesworldofsci-tech I have a model of her in the closet I have not opened yet as soon as I finish my Fuso the queen of the Turret Farms is next. I love these second-generation super Dreadnoughts especially the Japanese Fuso and Yamashiro. The American Standards are okay I guess the Oklahoma's and Pennsylvania's are nice looking give me casement guns and mile-long battlelines over the prettier lines incapabilities of the treaty and WWII ships. Even though Bismarck and Iowa are gorgeous to look at
@@robertstone9988 Warspite is a winner in my book. If I go treaty, it’s Rodney. She was way faster than her design speed, hitting 26 knots plus on one occasion.
@@waynesworldofsci-tech warspite is a legend and every one responsible for her scraping should be stoned lol. The nelrods are cool the all forward armaments make her unlike any thing else (we dont speek of the French capital ships lol) and dont forget whos big 16s sent the Bismarck to the bottom.
I can’t un-see Agincourt with that pagoda mast now, thanks a lot🤣 Seriously, I do love the freaky warships-French pre-dreadnoughts are a guilty pleasure
The majority of the world uses the "Turkish style" toilet lol. (squat toilet). Toilets as we know them with the seat and water tank are mostly found in western nations.
Ah, so this was one of the ship's that was going to the Turks but the British decided not to do that. It was interesting that initially it was built for Brazil. I presume once the British decided to keep it the toilets were again converted?
Interesting story never heard it before oh, I enjoyed it very much. Good luck with your studies at University So they took the torpedo netting off and then get sunk by a torpedo
Yes he did, living conditions onboard any ship is important fo the crew. Imagine a British crew learning to use South American toilet habits!! There would have been a mutiny on day one I think.
I was aware of the bare bones of Agincourt’s story from books by Antony Preston and Richard Humble, but didn’t know about the in’s and out’s of how she came to be designed and built, and how she changed hands. Thanks for a concise, detailed presentation that didn’t drag on and on for ever!
I can imagine the sort of ship to ship messages after Agincourt fired a full broadside - "Oy, keep it down. There's people trying to sleep here."
Great information, research and presentation. I’ve always had a weakness for oddball warship designs, and this is one of my all-time favorites. if you can’t kill it with 14 big guns it can’t be killed.
I look forward to future episodes in this series. Keep up the good work.
Ok so
@@williamstapleton5104 no british battleships ww1 had so many guns and triple turrets
Just saw where I had made a comment. Must have "butt commented". Agincourt has always been one of my favorite British dreadnoughts. In no way did I intend to belittle the ship, her crew, or her service! I've always admired the one offs, Erin, Canada, and Agincourt.
Agincourt gave me quite the history lesson as well! Great breakdown
Yet another excellent review of this Naval curio that fascinates anyone that is interested in warships of the early 20th century.
My main source on her was The Big Battleship by Robert Hough
'Can you build us a ship with guns on "
"how many guns?"
"all of them".
A cousin of my grandmother served aboard Agincourt, though I suspect he died a long time before I was born.
every time she fired a full broadside British sailors thought she blew up
Yes, this was reported several times apparently during Jutland. With such an 'odd' mix of crew and mostly un-trained on big ships (I think there were a lot of young boy seamen on board aswell) It was a wonder really that she fired as often as she did, with at least one officer on another ship reporting "Agincourt is firing well".
They might not have hit anything, but they get my vote in the awards for "most enthusiastic gunnery" during a battle.
Given that the RN lost four ships to catastrophic explosions at Jutland one can hardly blame them.
Indeed, one British officer at Jutland, upon seeing a broadside from Agincourt, remarked that it resembled "a battle cruiser blowing up"! As he had already seen three of those, his description sadly carries weight.
Wouldn't blame them for mistaking the Agincourt exploding during Jutland considering that the Queen Mary, the Invincible and the Indefatigable went up if flames.
Her belt armour was only the same thickness as Lion class battlecruisers, definitely a weakness in the battle line.
So she was a slow battlecruiser 😊
as well as having only 12" guns
None of the battlecruisers had their 9" belts pierced. Perhaps not so weak after-all.
Fascinating. Indeed the rubber market had a very big influence on many events leading up to and during WW1. Paying attention to the ships' heads isn't the first thing I expect you would consider but they are pretty essential! Ask any submariner and he will confirm jt😅 so well done again. Thank you 👏🏽
This is a great video but are you going to do HMS ERIN
This ship is in the naval battle simulator "World of Warships" as a premium tier 5 BB, with a 'gimmick' of it being able to brawl with enhanced secondary battery ablities.
Slow AF lol, but fun--so of course i had to check here out HERE lol
And you've done a really good job.
I’ve been playing since the beta, love the game. I’ve thought about getting Agincourt, but I’d rather not play tier 5.
I deployed to South America in 1993 in support of UNITAS 34-93 on USS Whidbey Island LSD 41. Visited Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Sailed through the Panama Canal and Straits of Magellan.
And........?
@@spikespa5208 And! It was an interesting deployment seeing all those countries in 4 months...
@@RetiredSailor60 Oh..... just thought you were going to make a connection to HMS Agincourt.
She’s a super interesting ship!
You didn’t mention that the Agincourt’s nickname was A Gin Palace, because the ship was so spacious compared to other RN ships, with fewer bulkheads and large compartments, including a gigantic wardroom that was 85 feet long.
And the seven turrets were named after the days of the week, the foremost being Sunday and so on.
The true queen of turret farms aside from the Wyoming, Arkansas, Rivadavia, Moreno, Fuso, Yamashiro, Hyuga, and Ise.
You didn't mention that Brazil had signed a contract to build three Battleships. If they had canceled the third they would still have to pay for it. Brazil Rio de Janeiro was the result of this requirement.
I like the name her crew gave her: a gin court.
She was also nicknamed 'The Gin Palace' by the crew according to Drach's video on her, as such was the luxury fittings of the officers sections.
was this the ship that the town of ontario canada was named after i could be wrong in the name and town same as the ship agincourt ontario as well there is so many towns that have famous names all over canada in memory and respect of all the men and woman
thank you for the reply it is always cool to see the names like these in canada i would go through a small bunch of towns on the way back to pickering ontario one of the was colchester may uncle lived in colchester in england then i would go into paris ontario realy nice town split in two by a river one of my favorite towns
The queen of the Turret Farms. The only thing that could have made asgencore better is if she was bought by the Japanese and given a giant Pagoda mast
Yep, she set a record.
@@waynesworldofsci-tech I have a model of her in the closet I have not opened yet as soon as I finish my Fuso the queen of the Turret Farms is next. I love these second-generation super Dreadnoughts especially the Japanese Fuso and Yamashiro. The American Standards are okay I guess the Oklahoma's and Pennsylvania's are nice looking give me casement guns and mile-long battlelines over the prettier lines incapabilities of the treaty and WWII ships. Even though Bismarck and Iowa are gorgeous to look at
@@robertstone9988
Warspite is a winner in my book. If I go treaty, it’s Rodney. She was way faster than her design speed, hitting 26 knots plus on one occasion.
@@waynesworldofsci-tech warspite is a legend and every one responsible for her scraping should be stoned lol. The nelrods are cool the all forward armaments make her unlike any thing else (we dont speek of the French capital ships lol) and dont forget whos big 16s sent the Bismarck to the bottom.
I can’t un-see Agincourt with that pagoda mast now, thanks a lot🤣
Seriously, I do love the freaky warships-French pre-dreadnoughts are a guilty pleasure
Interesting to note that she had more than 3 times the number of main guns than the most modern British battleship of only 8 years before.
Brilliant videos, but could you improve the audio ?
In what ways? Sound quality should improve significantly now that I am not on a major road.
The majority of the world uses the "Turkish style" toilet lol. (squat toilet). Toilets as we know them with the seat and water tank are mostly found in western nations.
Ah, so this was one of the ship's that was going to the Turks but the British decided not to do that. It was interesting that initially it was built for Brazil. I presume once the British decided to keep it the toilets were again converted?
Old Winnie had a habit of taking ships from others. In WWII he ordered some swedish destroyers to be taken.
It would have been better if they had named it HMS Shotgun,... ;-)
Interesting story never heard it before oh, I enjoyed it very much. Good luck with your studies at University
So they took the torpedo netting off and then get sunk by a torpedo
The netting only helps when you are anchored.
You mean A Gin Court?
Gun?
Yes
nor, it seems, were you expecting to need to explain
Turkish sanitary habits at the beginning of the 20th century.
(you didn't really)
Yes he did, living conditions onboard any ship is important fo the crew. Imagine a British crew learning to use South American toilet habits!! There would have been a mutiny on day one I think.
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