Agamemnon's wreck separates the quality of the design from the condition of one exhausted hull. When she grounded in Maldonado Bay in 1809, the entire crew and most stores were saved, but her worn timbers made freeing the ship impossible. Contemporary defect records were strong enough that the captain was not held responsible. The wreck was located in 1993, and recovered cannon connect the written service record with surviving archaeological evidence.
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Agamemnon's wreck, salvage, and rediscovery
The loss of Agamemnon in Maldonado Bay shows how an exhausted hull could still protect its crew and stores, while the wreck's rediscovery preserves physical evidence of a famous 64.