HMS Agamemnon (1906)
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 3-view drawing of HMS Agamemnon as she appeared in 1908 |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | William Beardmore and Company Dalmuir |
| Laid down: | May 1905 |
| Launched: | 23 June 1906 |
| Status: | Sold for breaking up 24 January 1927 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 16,500 tons |
| Length: | 445 ft (135.6 m) |
| Beam: | 79.5 ft (24.2 m) |
| Draught: | 26.75 ft (8.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Vertical triple expansion (4 cylinder) engines by Palmers and Hawthorn Leslie to 2 screws. Fifteen Babcock boilers, pressure 275 psi, 16,750 ihp |
| Speed: | 18.5 knots |
| Range: | 9,180 nautical miles at 10 knots |
| Capacity: | 900-2,171 tons of coal plus 1,090 tons of oil |
| Complement: | 800-817 |
| Armament: | Four 12 inch 45 cal, 80 r.p.g. (2 × 2) Ten 9.2 inch 50 cal 100 r.p.g. (4 × 2 + 2 × 1) |
| Armour: | Main belt: 12 inches (amidships), 6-2 inches (forward) Decks: main 1.5 inches, middle 4-1 inches, lower 3 - inches |
HMS Agamemnon was a Lord Nelson class battleship launched in 1906 and completed in 1908, at a cost of £1,652,347.
At the outbreak of World War I, HMS Agamemnon formed part of the 5th Battle Squadron, Channel Fleet. In February 1915, she was transferred to the Mediterranean is support of the Dardanelles campaign. On 2 December 1915 she took part in destruction of Kavak Bridge and on 5 May 1917 shot down Zeppelin L85. On 30 October 1918 the Ottoman Empire signed the Armistice on board.
Form June 1919 to July 1921, HMS Agamemnon was converted at Chatham Dockyard to a radio controlled target ship and used until 1926. She was sold to Cashmore, Newport on 24 January 1927 for scrapping.
[edit] References
- British Warships 1914-1919, Dittmar, F.J. and Colledge, J.J. Ian Allan, London; (1972), ISBN 0-7110-0380-7
