HMS Agamemnon — Overview

Generated illustration. Not a historical photograph. A British ship of the line. Not a named portrait of the ship.

Overview

Agamemnon is already on two notes. Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview lists her among his key ships. The Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview calls her “Nelson’s old Agamemnon” and a 64-gun ship, and records that she ran aground entering the King’s Deep on 2 April 1801 with Bellona and Russell — cutting the inshore force from twelve to nine.¹

Specifications

Feature	Detail
Guns	64 (Copenhagen note)
Type	British two-decker
This vault	Copenhagen, 2 April 1801

A 64 is not a First Rate Ship of the Line — Class Overview and is smaller than the 74s HMS Captain — 74-gun Third Rate and HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate. This note does not invent a fourth-rate debate.

Service

This note covers 2 April 1801 only. Launch and later fate stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE. The 30 January 1793 appointment stays on Agamemnon Appointment — 30 January 1793. The Sardinia chase stays on Agamemnon 345 Men — Sardinia Chase. The Copenhagen note already says the groundings may have followed moved channel buoys. Agamemnon did not get into the action that Hyde Parker — British Admiral watched from HMS London and that Fischer Olfert — Danish Commodore met with a static line off Copenhagen — Denmark.²

Sources

• @knight2005pursuit — pp. 374–408
• @white2005nelson
• @adkin2005trafalgar
• Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview
• Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview — lists the ship; does not add a career here

Related

Navigation

• MOC_Ships_Maritime
• Individual_Ships_Index

Same Battle

• Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview
• HMS Elephant — 74-gun Third Rate — the inshore flag that did engage
• Hyde Parker — British Admiral
• Fischer Olfert — Danish Commodore
• Copenhagen — Denmark

Cross-Domain

• Nelson Horatio — Biography Overview
• Agamemnon Appointment — 30 January 1793 — 30 January 1793 appointment only
• Agamemnon 345 Men — Sardinia Chase — 345 men / three-hour chase only
• Calvi Sick-List — 150 in Beds — 150 / fifty only
• Calvi Lion Sun — Half Sick — lion sun / 2000 half sick only
• Line of Battle — Naval Tactic
• Age of Sail — Era Overview

Footnotes

1. “Nelson’s old,” 64 guns, aground with Bellona and Russell: Battle of Copenhagen 1801 — Overview. ↩

2. Possible moved buoys: same battle note. Do not add a launch year or a Nile commission until a page is licensed. ↩