HMS Agamemnon

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HMS Agamemnon was a British Royal Navy pre-dreadnought battleship best known for serving in World War I and hosting the signing of the Armistice of Mudros that ended hostilities in the Middle Eastern theatre.

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HMS Agamemnon canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy warship
pre-dreadnought battleship
armament 10 × 9.2-inch (234 mm) guns
4 × 12-inch (305 mm) main guns
smaller secondary guns and torpedo tubes
armistice Armistice of Mudros
armisticeDate 1918-10-30
armisticeLocation Mudros harbour, Lemnos
linked to: Moudros port
armour belt armour up to about 12 inches thick
beam approximately 79 feet
builder Beardmore, Dalmuir
category Lord Nelson-class battleships
Ships built on the River Clyde
World War I battleships of the United Kingdom
commandingOfficerAtArmistice Admiral Somerset Gough-Calthorpe
commissioned 1908-06-25
country United Kingdom
crewComplement approximately 800 officers and men
decommissioned post-World War I (early 1920s)
displacement approximately 16,000 tons standard
era pre-dreadnought era
fate sold for scrap
flagshipFor British delegation at Armistice of Mudros
laidDown 1904-05-15
launched 1906-06-23
length approximately 443 feet
namedAfter Agamemnon
notableEvent hosted the signing of the Armistice of Mudros
notableFor being among the last British pre-dreadnought battleships built
operator Royal Navy
participatedIn Dardanelles Campaign
pennantNumber originally not assigned a modern alphanumeric pennant
precededBy King Edward VII-class battleships
propulsion coal-fired triple-expansion steam engines
role bombardment of Ottoman coastal fortifications
scrappedIn 1920s
servedInConflict World War I
servedInUnit Channel Fleet
Mediterranean Fleet
shipClass Lord Nelson-class battleship
sisterShip HMS Lord Nelson
succeededBy HMS Dreadnought and later dreadnought battleships
theatreOfOperations Aegean Sea
Dardanelles
Mediterranean Sea
topSpeed about 18 knots

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Armistice of Mudros signedOn HMS Agamemnon