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==Service==
==Service==
Re-commissioned at Malta on 26 January, 1892.{{NLMar92|p. 198}}
She re-commissioned three times in the Mediterranean, one time being at Malta in December 1887.{{NMI|Thursday, September 22, 1892, Issue 33750, p.4}}
 
She again re-commissioned at Malta on 17 December, 1890.{{NLMar91|p. 196}}
 
In October 1891, it was planned that the {{UK-2Ajax}} would relieve ''Agamemnon'' in the Mediterranean, and that ''Agamemnon'' would return to Chatham.{{NMI|Monday, October 5, 1891, Issue 33447, p.10}}
 
She arrived at Athens on 1 January, 1892 and stayed there about a week.{{NMI|Saturday, January 2, 1892, Issue 33524, p.6}}  She returned to Malta, where she re-commissioned on 26 January, 1892.{{NLMar92|p. 198}}  On 15 March, she entered Alexandria in company with six other ironclads and two cruisers of the Mediterranean squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Walter Kerr.{{NMI|Wednesday, March 16, 1892, Issue 33587, p.11}}
 
In June, 1892, it was decided that the Channel Squadron's {{UK-Camperdown}}, rather than ''Ajax'', would relieve ''Agamemnon'' in the Mediterranean, sailing from Portsmouth to do so.{{NMI|Thursday, June 2, 1892, Issue 33654, p.6}}  ''Agamemnon'' was finally ordered home in August,{{NMI|Thursday, August 18, 1892, Issue 33720, p.4}} as ''Camperdown'' sailed under Captain Atkinson, departing 6 September.{{NMI|Wednesday, September 7, 1892, Issue 33737, p.3}}  The two ships would exchange captains upon relief, and it was intended that ''Agamemnon'' would receive heavier turret guns upon her return to Chatham.{{NMI|Monday, August 29, 1892, Issue 33729, p.8}}
 
''Agamemnon'' paid off into the Fleet Reserve at Devonport on 13 October 1892, having recently had Fleet Engineers appointed to her to oversee her modifications.{{NMI|Friday, October 14, 1892, Issue 33769, p.5}}
 
She was ready for steam trials in mid-1896.{{NMI|Wednesday, June 10, 1896, Issue 34913, p.13}}  She underwent a satisfactory steam trial in the Channel off Plymouth on 15 December, 1897.{{NMI|Thursday, December 16, 1897, Issue 35388, p.7}}
 
By 1901, she was a Coast Guard ship.{{ToL|Naval Strength|Monday, September 23, 1901, Issue 36567, p.8}}  In January 1902, it was announced that she would be sold.{{NMI|18 January 1902. p. 13}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Agamemnon''" nat="UK">
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Agamemnon''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Samuel Long|nick=Samuel Long|appt=2 September, 1884{{NLSep85|p. 191}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Samuel Long|nick=Samuel Long|appt=2 September, 1884<ref>Long Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/2058.|}} f. 816.</ref>{{NLSep85|p. 191}}|end=22 March, 1886<ref>Long Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/2058.|}} f. 816.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Taylor Dale|nick=Alfred T. Dale|appt=22 March, 1886<ref>Dale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587500}} f. 842.</ref>|end=30 July, 1887<ref>Dale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587500}} f. 842.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Taylor Dale|nick=Alfred T. Dale|appt=22 March, 1886<ref>Dale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587500}} f. 842.</ref>|end=30 July, 1887<ref>Dale Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.|D7587500}} f. 842.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Gerald Charles Langley|nick=Gerald C. Langley|appt=21 July, 1887|end=12 December, 1887}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Searle Cardale|nick=Charles S. Cardale|appt=5 August, 1887{{NLJul90|p. 192}}|end=6 August, 1890}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Searle Cardale|nick=Charles S. Cardale|appt=5 August, 1887{{NLJul90|p. 192}}|end=6 August, 1890}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Lister Oxley|nick=Charles L. Oxley|appt=6 August, 1890{{NLMar91|p. 196}}|end=1891}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Lister Oxley|nick=Charles L. Oxley|appt=6 August, 1890{{NLMar91|p. 196}}|end=14 August, 1891|note=apparently still in command in October 1891}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Johnstone|nick=Charles Johnstone|appt=10 August, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 196}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Johnstone|nick=Charles Johnstone|appt=10 August, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 196}}|end=20 August, 1892<ref>Johnstone Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1991.|}}  f. 705.</ref>|note=transferred out to ''Camperdown''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Charles Gerald Shepherd Eeles|nick=Charles G. S. Eeles|appt=25 January, 1900{{NLFeb00|p. 221}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Lambart Atkinson-Willes|nick=George L. Atkinson|appt=c. 20 August, 1892{{NMI|Monday, August 22, 1892, Issue 33723, p.8}}|end=October, 1892|note=transferred in from ''Camperdown''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''N''')|name=Charles Gerald Shepherd Eeles|nick=Charles G. S. Eeles|appt=25 January, 1900{{NLFeb00|p. 221}}|end=13 December, 1900}}
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>
</div name=fredbot:officeCapt>


Latest revision as of 16:50, 1 August 2021

H.M.S. Agamemnon (1879)
Builder: Chatham Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 9 May, 1876[2]
Launched: 17 Sep, 1879[3]
Completed: 29 Mar, 1883[4]
Broken up: 1903[5]

H.M.S. Agamemnon was one of two Agamemnon Class turret ships completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

She re-commissioned three times in the Mediterranean, one time being at Malta in December 1887.[6]

She again re-commissioned at Malta on 17 December, 1890.[7]

In October 1891, it was planned that the Ajax would relieve Agamemnon in the Mediterranean, and that Agamemnon would return to Chatham.[8]

She arrived at Athens on 1 January, 1892 and stayed there about a week.[9] She returned to Malta, where she re-commissioned on 26 January, 1892.[10] On 15 March, she entered Alexandria in company with six other ironclads and two cruisers of the Mediterranean squadron under the command of Rear-Admiral Walter Kerr.[11]

In June, 1892, it was decided that the Channel Squadron's Camperdown, rather than Ajax, would relieve Agamemnon in the Mediterranean, sailing from Portsmouth to do so.[12] Agamemnon was finally ordered home in August,[13] as Camperdown sailed under Captain Atkinson, departing 6 September.[14] The two ships would exchange captains upon relief, and it was intended that Agamemnon would receive heavier turret guns upon her return to Chatham.[15]

Agamemnon paid off into the Fleet Reserve at Devonport on 13 October 1892, having recently had Fleet Engineers appointed to her to oversee her modifications.[16]

She was ready for steam trials in mid-1896.[17] She underwent a satisfactory steam trial in the Channel off Plymouth on 15 December, 1897.[18]

By 1901, she was a Coast Guard ship.[19] In January 1902, it was announced that she would be sold.[20]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 26.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 26.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 26.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 26.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 26.
  6. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, September 22, 1892, Issue 33750, p.4.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 196.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, October 5, 1891, Issue 33447, p.10.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, January 2, 1892, Issue 33524, p.6.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 198.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, March 16, 1892, Issue 33587, p.11.
  12. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 2, 1892, Issue 33654, p.6.
  13. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, August 18, 1892, Issue 33720, p.4.
  14. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, September 7, 1892, Issue 33737, p.3.
  15. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, August 29, 1892, Issue 33729, p.8.
  16. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, October 14, 1892, Issue 33769, p.5.
  17. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, June 10, 1896, Issue 34913, p.13.
  18. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, December 16, 1897, Issue 35388, p.7.
  19. ↑ "Naval Strength." The Times (London, England), Monday, September 23, 1901, Issue 36567, p.8.
  20. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 18 January 1902. p. 13.
  21. ↑ Long Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/2058. f. 816.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 191.
  23. ↑ Long Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/2058. f. 816.
  24. ↑ Dale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 842.
  25. ↑ Dale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 842.
  26. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 192.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 196.
  28. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 196.
  29. ↑ Johnstone Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1991. f. 705.
  30. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, August 22, 1892, Issue 33723, p.8.
  31. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 221.

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