Agamemnon HMS (1781)
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 10:40 pm
HMS AGAMEMNON 3rd rate 64guns built by Henry Adams at Bucklers Hard, Hampshire. She was launched 10th April 1781. She was towed to Portsmouth to have her masts fitted and fitted up with guns and stores. She was commissioned immediately her 1st was Captain Benjamin Caldwell. One of his lieutenants was Thomas Hardy later to be Captain of HMS Victory at Trafalgar.
She took part in the Battle of the Saintes April 1782, when Admiral Rodney defeated a French Fleet under the Count De Grasse.
After a period in reserve she was re-commissioned in 1793 with Captain Horatio Nelson serving in the Mediterranean under Admiral Lord Hood. It was in this period that Nelson lost the sight of his eye at the siege of Calvi in Corsica. In 1794 AGAMEMNON was worn out and returned home for re-fitting Nelson moving his Commodore's pennant to HMS CAPTAIN. AGAMEMNON was at the Battle of Copenhagen Captain Robert Fancourt. In July 1805 AGAMEMNON took part in Calder's action.
In October 1805 she, under the command of Captain Edward Berry, served at Trafalgar. In 1806 she was at the Battle of Saint Domingo in the West Indies.
She ran aground and sank at the mouth of the River Plate in June 1809.
(Detail from Ted Evans, Liverpool)
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She took part in the Battle of the Saintes April 1782, when Admiral Rodney defeated a French Fleet under the Count De Grasse.
After a period in reserve she was re-commissioned in 1793 with Captain Horatio Nelson serving in the Mediterranean under Admiral Lord Hood. It was in this period that Nelson lost the sight of his eye at the siege of Calvi in Corsica. In 1794 AGAMEMNON was worn out and returned home for re-fitting Nelson moving his Commodore's pennant to HMS CAPTAIN. AGAMEMNON was at the Battle of Copenhagen Captain Robert Fancourt. In July 1805 AGAMEMNON took part in Calder's action.
In October 1805 she, under the command of Captain Edward Berry, served at Trafalgar. In 1806 she was at the Battle of Saint Domingo in the West Indies.
She ran aground and sank at the mouth of the River Plate in June 1809.
(Detail from Ted Evans, Liverpool)
Gibraltar SG