HMS Agincourt ( His Majesty's ship “Edginkort” ) - British dreadnought . Laid as Rio de Janeiro for Brazil, reassigned to the Ottoman Empire on a slipway and renamed Sultan Osman I, requisitioned by Great Britain with the outbreak of World War I , and became part of the British Navy .
| Edginkort | |
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| Hms agincourt | |
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 HMS Agincourt circa 1918 | |
| Service | |
 Brazil | |
| Title | "Rio de Janeiro" |
| Class and type of vessel | Battleship |
| Manufacturer | Armstrong Elswick Works Ltd , Newcastle |
| Construction started | September 14, 1911 |
| Launched | January 22, 1913 |
| Status | In December 1913 sold to the Ottoman Empire |
| Service | |
 Ottoman Empire | |
| Title | "Sultan Osman I" |
| Manufacturer | |
| Status | In August 1914, requisitioned by Great Britain |
| Service | |
 United Kingdom | |
| Title | Hms agincourt |
| Organization | Royal fleet |
| Manufacturer | |
| Commissioned | August 20, 1914 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | April 1921 |
| Status | December 19, 1922 sold to Rosyth Shipbreakers Co. Disassembled for metal in Scotland in the years 1924-1925 |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 27,500 tons standard; 30,250 tons full |
| Length | 204.67 m |
| Width | 27 m |
| Height | 8.2 m |
| Reservation | main belt: 102-229 mm traverses: 102—203 mm deck: 25–65 mm GK towers: 76–305 mm GK tower barbets: 76—229 mm conning tower: 305 mm |
| Engines | 22 Babcock & Wilcox coal oil boilers; 4 Vickers Parsons steam turbines |
| Power | 40,270 h.p. |
| Speed | 22 knots |
| Sailing range | 7,000 nautical miles at 10 knots |
| Crew | 1267 |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 14 × 305 mm / 45 Mk XIII in two-gun towers 18 × 152 mm / 50 BL MK XIII 10 × 76 mm / 40 rapid-firing guns |
| Mine torpedo armament | 3 submarine torpedo tubes of caliber 533 mm |
Content
- 1 History of creation
- 2 Design
- 3 Service History
- 4 Project Evaluation
- 5 notes
- 6 Literature
Creation History
The construction of the Rio de Janeiro dreadnought was approved by the Brazilian government in August 1910, in response to an increase in the Argentine Navy , relations with which were clouded by territorial claims. It was originally planned that the ship will have a displacement of 32 thousand tons and weapons - 14 12-inch guns. However, the lack of funds and the ensuing uprising of military sailors on the battleship Minas Gerais that followed on November 10 of the same year forced to abandon the initial project. However, the wishes of the Brazilian Maritime Department regarding the number of guns have not changed.
The Ottoman Empire was interested in strengthening its fleet in response to the plans of the Russian Empire to strengthen the Black Sea Fleet. On January 20, 1914, the dreadnought became the property of Turkey and received the name "Sultan Osman I". He was launched and his Turkish crew even arrived, however, on August 3, 1914 , in connection with the outbreak of World War I, he was requisitioned by the British Admiralty and became part of the CIFF as the Edginkort EVK . The Admiralty extremely tactlessly dubbed the dreadnought in honor of the Battle of Agincourt , in which the British defeated their current ally, France. The requisition of HMS Agincourt and HMS Erin caused dissatisfaction with Turkish public opinion and served as one of the reasons for Turkey's accession to the union of the German Empire and Austria-Hungary [1] .
Design
The design of the battleship had a number of features that fundamentally distinguished it from modern British dreadnoughts. It was quite long for its displacement and had a slightly weakened hull. The artillery fire of the battleship was difficult to control, and when firing a full airborne salvo, the ship's hull experienced serious overload. At the same time, it was distinguished by good seaworthiness and driving performance. .
Service History
The dreadnought participated in the battle of Jutland . In battle, he shot 144 twelve-inch and 111 six-inch shells, and made hits in Kaiser , Markgraf and, possibly, Wiesbaden . In 1921, the battleship was going to be converted into a supply vessel. To do this, all towers except the two front ones had to be removed from it and food warehouses, equipment and fuel tanks were equipped. However, this idea was abandoned and the ship was sold for scrap.
The dreadnought had a funny nickname "Palace of the Gene", which came from the separation of his name ( Eng. A Gin Court ) and clearly hinted at the complex ship architecture with seven main-caliber towers. The ship had a reputation as the most comfortable ship of the Royal Navy [2] .
Project Evaluation
In general, it is difficult to consider Edginkort as a successful project in terms of KVMF UK standards. Too long a body, obviously overloaded with weapons and poor protection, could not compensate for the large number of main guns. In the waters of South America, the ship would certainly be a very formidable force. At the same time, the dreadnought project will remain in the annals of world shipbuilding as the ship with the largest number of main-caliber towers (the sailors named them by the days of the week, while the official designation was spelled from A to G) [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Rogan, 2017 , p. 62.
- ↑ Kozlov B.V. The battleships Edginkort, Canada and Erin. 1910-1922 - SPb. : R.R. Munirov, 2008 .-- S. 21. - ISBN 978-5-98830-030-4 .
- ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1922. - Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1984. - ISBN 0-85177-245-5 .
Literature
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1921. - Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press, 1985. - ISBN 0-87021-907-3 .
- Kozlov B.V. The battleships Edginkort, Canada and Erin. 1910-1922 - SPb. : R. R Munirov, 2008 .-- 80 p. - ISBN 978-5-98830-030-4 .
- Eugene Rogan The fall of the Ottoman Empire. World War I in the Middle East, 1914–1920 = The Fall of the Ottomans: The Great War in the Middle East. By Eugene Rogan. . - M .: Alpina Non-fiction, 2017 .-- 560 p. - ISBN 978-5-91671-762-4 .
- Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1922. - Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1984. - ISBN 0-85177-245-5 .