HMS Agincourt (1865)
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HMS Agincourt was a Minotaur-class armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1860s. She spent most of her career as the flagship of the Channel Squadron's second-in-command. During the Russ
Agincourt at anchor
Cutaway view of Agincourt's return connecting rod engine
Agincourt's sister Minotaur's deck in the late 1860s. A seven-inch muzzle-loading rifle on a wrought-iron pivot gun carriage is at lower left.
Hercules (left) towing Agincourt (right) off Pearl Rock
Horsepower
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Horsepower is a unit of measurement of power, or the rate at which work is done, usually in reference to the output of engines or motors. There are many different standards and types of horsepower. Tw
HMS Agincourt (1865)
…rod-steam engine, made by Maudslay, driving a single propeller using steam provided by 10 rectangular fire-tube boilers. It produced a total of 4,426 indicated horsepower (3,300 kW) during the ship's sea trials on 12 December 1865 and Agincourt had a maximum speed of 13.55 knots (25.09 km/h; 15.59 mph). The ship carried…
A team of six horses mowing hay in East Lampeter Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.