our iron clad fleet undocking h m s agincourt at birkenhead 1865
HMS Agincourt was a World War I Dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy which fought at the Battle of Jutland. Agincourt was single-class vessel, laid down by Armstrongs at Newcastle upon Tyne as the Brazilian Rio de Janeiro in September 1911. Agincourt was unusual in having seven main turrets, more than any other dreadnought ever completed, and they were numbered "1" through "7", but unofficially named after the days of the week (unlike the usual A, B, Q, etc). Popular belief at the time held that firing a full broadside of 14 guns would have capsized her.[citation needed] This was proven wrong by her gunnery officer at the Battle of Jutland, who fired fourteen broadsides at the German High Seas Fleet. The resulting sheet of flame was described as looking like a battlecruiser blowing up, although no damage resulted other than a few popped rivets. She had poor armour in comparison with her armament, having just 9 inches (229 mm) maximum belt thickness, compared with 12 inches (305 mm) or more found in most contemporary dreadnoughts. Added to this her internal layout was poor, with fewer bulkheads and more open spaces than would have been acceptable for a ship designed for the Royal Navy.[citation needed] By the time of her completion, her 12 inch (305 mm) guns also lagged behind her contemporaries - most capital ships under construction had larger-calibre naval rifles. Nonetheless, the sheer number of main guns on the Agincourt meant that her weight of broadside was at least a match for most rivals, even though those guns' ability to penetrate armour was not as great.
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