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UNITED KINGDOM
AGAMEMNON 2nd rate screw ships-of-the-line (1853-1859)
Ships
Name |
No | Yard No |
Builder |
Laid down |
Launched |
Comp |
Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Agamemnon |
Woolwich DYd | 11/1849 | 22.5.1852 | 9.2.1853 | sold 5.1870 | ||
| James Watt (ex-Audacious) | Pembroke DYd | 9/1850 | 23.4.1853 | 27.3.1854 | sold 1.1875 | ||
| Victor Emmanuel (ex-Repulse) | Pembroke DYd | 16.5.1853 | 27.2.1855 | 9.9.1858 | hospital and receiving ship 1873 | ||
| Edgar | Woolwich DYd | 4.7.1853 | 22.10.1858 | 19.7.1859 | to Customs 12.1870 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 3074bm |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 70.1 pp |
| Breadth, m | 16.9 |
| Draught, m | 5.69 - 5.99 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | Agamemnon: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE, trunk James Watt: sails + boilers, 1 4-cyl oscillating engine Victor Emmanuel, Edgar: sails + boilers, 1 2-cyl HSE |
| Power, h. p. | Agamemnon: 2268ihp James Watt: 1548ihp Victor Emmanuel: 2424ihp Edgar: 2475ihp |
| Max speed, kts | Agamemnon: 11.2 James Watt: 9.4 Victor Emmanuel: 10.7 Edgar: 11.4 |
| Fuel, t | coal |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 206/15 68pdr 95cwt SBML, 36 x 1 - 204/13 8'' 65cwt shell SBML, 34 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 20 x 1 - 161/16 32pdr 45cwt SBML |
| Complement | 860 |
Project history
New 91-gun screw two-deckers. Surveyor's Department (John Edye) design, approved in 1849, modified final design approved in 1850. First two originally to have been 80-gun sailing two-deckers but were re-ordered as screw ships before they were laid down, three more were ordered to the same 80-gun design. In 1851-1853 all five ships (including Hero) were reclassified as 91-guns. Agamemnon became the first purpose-built screw ship-of-the-line in the RN. Wooden hull.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
No significant events.
