HMS Agamemnon

Five ships (and one submarine under construction) of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Agamemnon, after the legendary Greek king Agamemnon.

HMS Agamemnon (1781) was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1781. She took part in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and was wrecked in 1809.
HMS Agamemnon (1852) was a 91-gun screw-propelled second-rate launched in 1852 and sold in 1870.
HMS Agamemnon (1879) was an Ajax-class battleship launched in 1879 and broken up in 1903.
HMS Agamemnon (1906) was a Lord Nelson-class battleship launched in 1906, used as a target ship from 1920 and sold in 1927.
HMS Agamemnon (M10) MV Agamemnon was requisitioned as an auxiliary minelayer for the Northern Barrage in 1940 and returned in 1946.
HMS Agamemnon (S124) is an Astute-class nuclear submarine currently under construction.

See also SS Agamemnon (1865), an early long distance merchant steamship with a fuel efficient compound engine.

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