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HMS Agincourt Football Team

HMS Agincourt Football Team

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Image Details

Title	HMS Agincourt Football Team
Reference Number	STH0002844
Photographer	Unknown
Town or Village	South Shields
Date	1915
Original Format	Black and White Photograph
Period	The 1910s
Copyright	South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information	H.M.S. Agincourt Football Team, Cup winners 1915, 1916, 1917. The Agincourt had an interesting history. Originally built at Armstrong's for the government of Brazil, it was to be called the Rio de Janeiro. The Brazilian Government sold the ship to Turkey before taking delivery during 1914. Renamed the Sultan Osman 1st , delivery was further delayed because the Turks were known to be sympathetic to Germany. When war broke out the ship was transferred to the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Agincourt, although throughout its service it was better known as the Gin Palace HMS Agincourt joined the 1st Battle Squadron of the Grand Fleet in time to take part in the battle of Jutland where it escaped unscathed. The ship was finally scrapped in 1922.