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 ⓘ