HMS Agincourt was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 23 July 1796 at Blackwall Yard, London. The Admiralty bought her on the stocks from the East India Company in 1796,
She was at Gibraltar 7 November 1803.
She and HMS Argo arrived at Malta from Egypt 15 March 1804 under command of Capt. Thomas Briggs.
She was decommissioned in 1809 and converted to a troop ship on 6 January 1812 under the name HMS Bristol.
Fate
Bristol was sold on 15 December 1814 on condition that she be broken up immediately. She sold for £4,510.
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- Lavery, Brian (1983) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. .