The action gives Agamemnon an unusual place in the early history of shipboard anti-aircraft warfare. A 3-pounder Hotchkiss gun on a high-angle mounting brought down a German Zeppelin attempting a bombing mission. Dreadnought's equally unexpected sinking of a submarine by ramming it astern provides a parallel. Both incidents show capital ships designed for battle-line combat encountering aerial and undersea threats that their designers had not made central to the original concept.
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Agamemnon shoots down a German Zeppelin
Lord Nelson's sister Agamemnon used a high-angle 3-pounder Hotchkiss gun to shoot down a German Zeppelin during the Dardanelles deployment.