Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,240 pages of information and 244,492 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Famed as Nelsons' favorite ship. Built at the Bucklers Hard Dockyard in Hampshire.
C.1856 Construction of Agamemnon, which was fitted with engines of 600 HP. by John Penn and Sons; she attained a much higher speed than had been expected.
1858 May: Employed with the United States frigate Niagara in laying the first telegraph cable connecting England with America.
1906 Launch of a battleship bearing this name
1926 Sold for scrap.
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