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She carried an armament of muzzle loading smooth-bore cannon, as usual for warships at this time, on two decks. She was completed in 1852. She was not the first British battleship to be completed with steam power; HMS ''Sans Pareil'', a pre-existing square-rigged second-rate, was converted to ancillary steam power (retaining her rig) and completed in 1851. Between 1857 and 1858, the ''Agamemnon'' was equipped as a Cable Ship and laid the eastern half of the first Transatlantic Telegraph Cable . REFERENCES
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