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On this day in naval history, 1908: Lord Nelson-class pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Agamemnon was commissioned. HMS Agamemnon was a Lord Nelson-class pre-dreadnought battleship launched in 1906 and completed in 1908, making her one of the Royal Navy’s last pre-dreadnoughts. At the start of World War I, she served with the Channel Fleet before moving to the Mediterranean in 1915 for the Dardanelles Campaign, where she bombarded Turkish positions and supported Allied troops. After the campaign, she remained in the Mediterranean to help contain German naval forces and notably shot down the German Zeppelin LZ-55 (LZ-85) in 1916. In 1918, the Armistice of Mudros, ending hostilities between the Ottoman Empire and the Allies, was signed aboard the ship. Returning to Britain in 1919, Agamemnon was converted into a radio-controlled target ship and entered service in that role in 1921. She became the Royal Navy’s last active pre-dreadnought before being retired, replaced in 1926, and scrapped in 1927.