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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HMS Agamemnon canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Royal Navy warship
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pre-dreadnought battleship ⓘ |
| armament |
10 × 9.2-inch (234 mm) guns
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4 × 12-inch (305 mm) main guns ⓘ smaller secondary guns and torpedo tubes ⓘ |
| armistice | Armistice of Mudros NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armisticeDate | 1918-10-30 ⓘ |
| armisticeLocation | Mudros harbour, Lemnos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| armour | belt armour up to about 12 inches thick ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 79 feet ⓘ |
| builder | Beardmore, Dalmuir NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Lord Nelson-class battleships
NERFINISHED
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Ships built on the River Clyde ⓘ World War I battleships of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| commandingOfficerAtArmistice | Admiral Somerset Gough-Calthorpe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pennantNumber | originally not assigned a modern alphanumeric pennant ⓘ |
| precededBy | King Edward VII-class battleships NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propulsion | coal-fired triple-expansion steam engines ⓘ |
| role | bombardment of Ottoman coastal fortifications ⓘ |
| scrappedIn | 1920s ⓘ |
| servedInConflict | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedInUnit |
Channel Fleet
NERFINISHED
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Mediterranean Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shipClass | Lord Nelson-class battleship NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sisterShip | HMS Lord Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| succeededBy | HMS Dreadnought and later dreadnought battleships ⓘ |
| theatreOfOperations |
Aegean Sea
NERFINISHED
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Dardanelles NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topSpeed | about 18 knots ⓘ |
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