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1st July 1914 HMS Agamemnon
HMS Agamemnon
HMS Agamemnon, last of the pre-dreadnought Battleships and sister ship to HMS Lord Nelson was built by Beardmore, laid down May 1905, completed June 1908, cost £1,652,347.
Size: Length 435 feet waterline 443 feet 6 inches overall, beam 79 feet 6 inches, draught 30 feet, displacement 15,358 load 17,820 tons deep.
Propulsion: 2 shaft Triple Expansion, 16,750 ihp, 18kts.
Designed to provide a considerable step forward in British battleship capabilities. The 9.2 inch guns were increased in numbers to replace the 6 inch guns giving the class a very heavy secondary armament although spotting for gunnery control of such a heavy secondary gun was not easy - one of the reasons for the 'all big gun' armament of future battleships. Both the 12 inch and 9.2 inch guns were of new improved types and a much heavier anti-torpedo boat armament was also carried.
Protection was also substantially increased and subdivision and pumping arrangements were improved. Crew complement was 752 officers and ratings
First World War

Joined 5th Battle Squadron Channel Fleet.
February 1915 transferred to Dardanelles.
19 February 1915 onwards involved in various attacks on forts and support of landings. Hit by artillery on several occasions but no serious damage.
May-June 1915 refit at Malta.
2 December 1915 took part in destruction of Kavak Bridge.
January 1916 Eastern Mediterranean Squadron.
5 May 1917 shot down Zeppelin L85.
30 October 1918 Ottoman Empire signed Armistice on board.
November 1918 led Allied squadron through the Dardanelles to Constantinople.

Sold for scrap in 1927.
John Doran

1st July 1914 HMS Ramillies
HMS Ramillies
HMS Ramillies, Revenge Class Battleship, built at William Beardmore, laid down on 12th November 1913, launched 12th June 1916 and commissioned on 1st September 1917. She was broken up at Troon in 1949.
The Revenge-class battleships (listed as Royal Sovereign class in several editions of Jane's Fighting Ships, as with the 1919 and 1931 editions, and sometimes also known as the "R" class) were five battleships of the Royal Navy, ordered as World War I loomed on the horizon, and launched in 1914,1916.
There were originally to have been eight of the class, but two were later redesigned, becoming the Renown-class battle cruisers, while the other, which was to have been named HMS Resistance, was cancelled.

Class overview : Revenge class battleships
Operators: Royal Navy and (one ship as "war loan", 1944,45 for Soviet Navy)
Preceded by: Queen Elizabeth class, Succeeded by: N3 class (planned) Nelson class (actual).
Planned:8 - HMS Revenge(ex-Renown), Resolution, Royal Oak, Royal Sovereign, Ramilles, Resistance, Renown and Repulse
Completed:5 - Revenge, Resolution, Royal Oak, Royal Sovereign and Ramilles.
Cancelled:3 - (Resistance and 2 re-ordered to different design Renown and Repulse (as Renown type Battle Cruisers))
Displacement: 29,150 tons standard, 33,500 tons full load
Length: 624 ft (190 m), Beam: 88.5 ft (27.0 m), Draught: 28.6 ft (8.7 m)
Propulsion: Steam turbines, 4 shafts, 24 boilers, 26,500 shp (20 MW)
Speed: 21 knots (39 km/h), Range: 5,000 nmi (9,000 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Ships Complement: 997,1,150 officers and ratings
Armament:
8 × 15 in /42 guns (381 mm)
14 × BL 6-inch (152.4 mm) Mk XII guns
2 × QF 3-inch (76.20 mm) 20 cwt anti-aircraft guns
4 × 47 mm guns
4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (submerged)
Armour:
Belt: 13 in (330 mm) amidships; 4,6 in (102,152 mm) ends
Deck: up to 5 in (127 mm)
Turrets: 13 in (330 mm) faces; 5 in (127 mm) sides; 5 in (127 mm) roof
Barbettes: up to 10 in (254 mm)
Citadel: 11 in (279 mm)

HMS Ramillies (pennant number: 07) was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was completed after the Battle of Jutland in 1916 and saw no combat during the war. She served with the Grand Fleet for the duration of the war. The ship was active throughout World War II, with service ranging from convoy escort to shore bombardment to engaging enemy battleships.
John Doran

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