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| 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)) |
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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.
Although 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]
Agincourt, 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′N17°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]
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Suffolk was launched in 1800. She made one voyage for the British East India Company (EIC). She grounded in 1802 but was refloated. She then made a voyage to the Cape of Good Hope. On her return she became a West Indiaman. A Spanish privateer captured her in 1805.
Huddart was launched in 1803 as an East Indiaman. She made eight voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), between 1803 and 1818. In 1810-1811 she participated as a transport in two British military campaigns. In 1818 new owners deployed her in sailing to Canada. She was wrecked there in 1821.
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Hippolyta, was launched in 1813. She was initially a West Indiaman but then made some voyages to India under a license from the British East India Company. She returned to the West Indies trade and in 1823 wrecked near Boulogne, while sailing from Havana for London.
Paragon was launched at Lancaster in 1801, or 1800. She traded across the Atlantic with the West Indies, South America, and North America. She captured one French vessel, and was herself captured, but swiftly recaptured by the Royal Navy. She was last listed in 1830, but with stale data from 1825.
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