Royal Navy Names Submarine after Greek King Agamemnon

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Royal Navy Names Submarine after Greek King Agamemnon

Royal Navy names latest nuclear submarine after Greek mythology’s King Agamemnon. Credit: Defence Images. CC BY 2.0/flickr The Royal Navy’s latest Astute Class submarine built by BAE Systems – due to be launched later this year – has been officially named Agamemnon, after the ancient Greek king. Agamemnon was officially named at BAE Systems’ Submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and is the sixth of seven Astute Submarines being built by…