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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}}
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 {{UK-Camperdown}}, rather than ''Ajax'', would relieve ''Agamemnon'', sailing from Portsmouth to do so.{{NMI|Thursday, June 2, 1892, Issue 33654, p.6}}
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


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{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=14 August, 1891|note=apparently still in command in October 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=c. September, 1892{{NMI|Monday, August 22, 1892, Issue 33723, p.8}}|end=|note=transferred out to ''Camperdown''}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Lambart Atkinson-Willes|nick=George L. Atkinson|appt=c. September, 1892{{NMI|Monday, August 22, 1892, Issue 33723, p.8}}|end=|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}}
{{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}}
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Revision as of 14:43, 13 August 2019

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

Re-commissioned at Malta on 17 December, 1890.[6]

In October 1891, it was planned that the Ajax would relieve Agamemnon in the Mediterranean, and that Agamemnon would return to Chatham.[7]

She arrived at Athens on 1 January, 1892 and stayed there about a week.[8] She returned to Malta, where she re-commissioned on 26 January, 1892.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11] Agamemnon was finally ordered home in August,[12] as Camperdown sailed under Captain

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. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 196.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, October 5, 1891, Issue 33447, p.10.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Saturday, January 2, 1892, Issue 33524, p.6.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 198.
  10. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, March 16, 1892, Issue 33587, p.11.
  11. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, June 2, 1892, Issue 33654, p.6.
  12. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, August 18, 1892, Issue 33720, p.4.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 191.
  14. ↑ Dale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 842.
  15. ↑ Dale Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 842.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1890). p. 192.
  17. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 196.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 196.
  19. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Monday, August 22, 1892, Issue 33723, p.8.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 221.

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