HMS Agincourt

HMS Agincourt
Rating: Fifth Rate

Class: Hercules Sleek Frigate

Date of Commission: June 1721

Current Captain: Roderick Morrow

Armament
Guns: 44

Top Deck: 16 x 8 lbs

Gun Deck: 24 x 18 lbs

Fore: 2 x 8 lbs

Aft: 2 x 18 lbs

Crew: 305

Status: Stationed at Port Royal, Jamaica

Notable Actions
HMS Agincourt, named after the famous battle of Henry V against the French in The Hundred Years War, has just completed trials and will soon be engaging in her main purpose, pirate hunting.

June 22, 1721- HMS Agincourt joined several other vessels of the St. George Squadron under the command of Sea Lord Fletcher at Turtling Bay as the Spanish attacked the important port. During the fighting, the Agincourt was cut off from the rest of the squadron and fell prey to a 6 ship squadron of Dons led by Matthew Darksteel. Captain Morrow led the Spanish on a lengthy chase of the Agincourt ensuring that no ohther British Captains and ships fell prey to these marauders. In the end, the Sleek Hercules took massive damage and was nearly sunk but managed to slip away to the safety of the harbor of Turtling Bay where she is curretnly being repaired by the talented shipwrights there.

July 12, 1721 - Engaged French Captain Ubert in a duel against his Sleek Hercules. After a long, hard fight in which men from the Agincourt boarded the enemy but were repulsed, the French ship got the upper hand and boarded the Agincourt. Fighting was stopped as Captain Morrow and Captain Ubert parlayed terms that led to Captain Morrow paying off the French Captain to avoid further loss of life and ship.

July 29, 1721 - Engaged French Captain Kaptan-i-Derya sout of Santiago. The Frenchman knocked the Agincourt's sails down and then boarded the British ship. After a bloody but short fight, the French won and took the Agincourt but in a display of hivarly maybe, gave her back to Captain Morrow at Puerto del Principe.