Agamemnon Opens Fire

Agamemnon opens fire on the “Ca Tra” 13th, March 1795. She is the finest I ever sailed on, said Horatio Nelson of Agamemnon. Seaman said she could out sail any ship she could not outgun, and outgun any ship she could not out sail. “Agamemnon” ran ahead of the British fleet on the 13th March 1795 and single-handedly engaged the much larger (but crippled) “Ca Ira” and two other supporting French ships of the line. Nelson called “Agamemnon” ‘the finest ship I ever sailed in”

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