Agamemnon Bay

Agamemnon Bay (49˚45'00" 123˚59'00" N end of Agamemnon Channel), Agamemnon Channel (49˚42'00" 124˚04'00" Between Nelson I and Sechelt Peninsula, SE of Powell R, NW of Vancouver). HMS Agamemnon was the first ship of the line commanded by British naval hero Adm Lord Nelson. The 64-gun vessel was launched in 1781 and took part in the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, but ran aground in 1809 at the River Plate in Uruguay and was destroyed. Agamemnon Channel was named Boca de Moniño, after the family...

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