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     Agamemnon     

Photo byOctober 1854. Raid of Sevastopol.

Country: United Kingdom.
Class, [Type]: Agamemnon, [SSL].

Builder: Woolwich Dockyard, U.K.
Laid down date: 1849.
Launch date: 22 May 1852.
Commission date: 1852.
Decommission date: 1870.

Displacement ( tons ): 4600 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 70 x 16,9 x 7.
Main machinery: Sail; steam Penn engine ( 600 hp ).
Sail plan: Full rigged ship.
Complement: 860.

Guns: 91 muzzle-loading smooth-bore cannon:
- Gun deck: 34 x 8pdrs;
- Main deck: 34 x 32pdrs;
- Upper deck: 22 x 32pdrs, 1 x 68pdr.

Comment: She was the first British battleship completed with steam power.

Year of visit the Black Sea:  1854 | 1855

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