HMS Agamemnon (1852)

	Agamemnon laying cable, 1858
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Agamemnon
Namesake	King Agamemnon of Mycenae
Ordered	1849
Cost	£141,299
Launched	22 May 1852
Fate	Paid off 1862; sold out of service 1870
General characteristics
Type	Steam two-decker Agamemnon-class line-of-battle ship
Displacement	4,614 tons
Tons burthen	3,074 45/94 bm
Length	230 ft 3 in (70.18 m) (overall); 193 ft 3 in (58.90 m)(keel-line);
Beam	55 ft 4 in (16.87 m) (extreme)
Draught	22 ft 8 in (6.91 m) (forward); 23 ft 11 in (7.29 m) (aft);
Depth of hold	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m)
Propulsion	600 nhp John Penn and Sons engine, 2,268 ihp (1,691 kW)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship; Fore mast: 61 ft (19 m) × 37 in; Main mast: 67 ft (20 m) × 40 in; Mizzen: 51 ft 6 in (15.70 m) × 27 in;
Speed	11.243 knots (20.8 km/h; 12.9 mph) under steam
Complement	860
Armament	91 muzzle-loading smooth-bore cannon; 34 × 8 in/65 cwt (gun deck); 34 × 32-pounder/56 cwt (main deck); 22 × 32-pounder/45 cwt, 1 × 68-pounder/95 cwt (upper deck);

HMS Agamemnon was a Royal Navy 91-gun battleship ordered by the Admiralty in 1849, in response to the perceived threat from France by their possession of ships of the Napoléon class.

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