Maritime History
HMS Agamemnon (1852)
HMS Agamemnon was the lead ship of her class of 91-gun, second-rate ships of the line constructed during the 1850s for the Royal Navy. Completed in 1853, she was assigned to the Channel Squadron before being transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet where she became the flagship of the fleet's second-in-command. The ship served in the Black Sea theatre during the Crimean War of 1854–1856, most notably participating in the bombardment of Sevastopol in 1854 and the bombardment of Kinburn the following year. Agamemnon was paid off in 1856 to be refitted to carry half of the first transatlantic telegraph cable. The first attempt in 1857 was a failure, but the second attempt a year later was successful. The ship was paid off afterwards but was recommissioned at the end of the year. She was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet and was then transferred to the North America and West Indies Station in 1862. Agamemnon was paid off later that year and was sold for scrap in 1870.
Also on this shelf
HMS Eagle (1918).
Allinge-Sandvig.
See also
- ▸Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
- ▸David C. Evans (paleontologist)
- ▸Bayview–Hunters Point, San Francisco
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