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HMS Agamemnon |
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HMS Agamemnon Laid Down : 9th May 1876 Launched : 17th September 1879 Completed : 29th March 1893 Type : Battleship Class : Ajax Builder : Fairfield Country : UK Sequence : This is the 3rd ship with this name. Pennants : Fate : Scrapped January 1903. |
HMS Agamemnon and HMS Ajax were the last major British ships to have Muzzle loading main armament but the first to have secondary armament, both being equipped with two six inch breach loading guns. these 6 inch guns were replace din in 1897 with 6 inch Quick Firing guns. Both of these ships were designed without a sailing rig compared to HMS Inflexible which was.. Major problems arose at high speed as they were difficult to keep on course which made them dangerous. some modification were made increasing the length of the stern but this did not help the situation, both ships were poor sea boats and during bad weather became very wet and uncomfortable for the crew HMS Agamemnon was built at Chatham Dockyard and laid down on the 9th May 1987 , launched 17th September 1879 and completed on the 29th march 1883.and finally broken up in 1903 Displacement: 8510 tons, Speed: 13 Knots Compliment 345. Armament: Four 12-inch Muzzle loaders, in pairs, two 6 - inch Beach Loaders, and Six 6 pounder Quick Firers. and two torpedo Tubes. |
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HMS Agamemnon. |
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9th May 1876 - Laid down at Chatham Dockyard 17th September 1879 - Launched 29th March 1883 - Commissioned August 1890 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 8th August 1890 - Arrived Salonica 16th August 1890 - Sailed Salonika for Lemnos 7th February 1891 - Sailed Candia 14th March 1891 - Sailed Athens for Smyrna 28th March 1891 - Capt. C.L. Oxley in Command 12th April 1891 - Arrived Malta August 1891 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 10th August 1891 - Capt. Charles Johnstone in Command 1st January 1892 - Agamemnon Arrived Athens 8th January 1892 - Agamemnon Sailed Athens February 1892 - Mediterranean and Red Sea Fleet 18th August 1892 - Ordered to the UK from the Mediterranean 9th January 1896 - At Plymouth, A Division, Reserve Fleet January 1903 - Broken Up For Scrap |
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