Name | Vigo (launched as Agincourt, 1817) | Explanation | |
Type | Third rate | ||
Launched | 19 March 1817 | ||
Hull | Wooden | ||
Propulsion | Sail | ||
Builders measure | 1747 tons | ||
Displacement | |||
Guns | 74 | ||
Fate | 1884 | ||
Class | Armada | ||
Ships book | |||
Note | 1848 t.s. 1866 hospital ship. 1870 r.s. | ||
Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
Date | Event | ||
(January 1840) | Out of commission at Plymouth | ||
1 February 1842 - May 1845 | Commanded (from commissioning at Plymouth) by Captain Henry William Bruce, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas John Cochrane (his brother-in-law), East Indies | ||
6 May 1845 - 4 September 1847 | Commanded by Captain William James Hope Johnstone, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas John Cochrane, East Indies | ||
28 January 1848 - 31 March 1849 | Commanded by Captain William Bowen Mends, depot ship of Ordinary, Devonport | ||
24 March 1849 | Commanded by Captain William James Hope Johnstone, depot ship of Ordinary, Devonport | ||
1865 | Renamed Vigo |