Agamemnon built 20/09/1906 Cochranes of Selby for Consolidated Steam Fishing & Ice Company Grimsby
08/1914 Hired by the Royal Navy and converted to a Minesweeper
15/02/1915 Renamed Agamemnon II
Harwich-based Skipper Frederick Sibley RNR
With other Harwich sweepers clearing minefield discovered that morning and in fact laid that morning by UC.1
Lt-Cdr Hugh Archer of HMS Actaeon Sheerness Torpedo School embarked and in command of operation Recovering sweep when a mine fouling the wire was pulled into the ship and detonating a mine off Shipwash Light Vessel 51,57 N 01,36’45 E.
The mine was laid by UC 1 commanded by Egon Von Werner
Sank off the Shipwash Sands off Orford Ness
Total crew lost 9
Surname | Forename | Age At Death | Date Of Death | Rank | Boat |
OLIVER | WILLIAM SIDNEY | Unknown | 15/07/1915 | Deck Hand | H.M. Trawler Agamemnon II |
NORRIS | PHILIPS | Unknown | 15/07/1915 | Deck Hand | H.M. Trawler Agamemnon II |
STAPLE | WILLIAM JOHN | 43 | 15/07/1915 | Petty Officer 1st Class | H.M. Trawler Agamemnon II |
STRATTON | JOHN ALFRED | 37 | 15/07/1915 | Engineman | H.M. Trawler Agamemnon II |
STRUTT | FRANK | Unknown | 15/07/1915 | Engineman | H.M. Trawler Agamemnon II |
JEPSON | CARL FREDERICK | 21 | 15/07/1915 | Trimmer Cook | H.M. Trawler Agamemnon II |
CLARK | HERBERT | 34 | 15/07/1915 | Engineman | H.M. Trawler Agamemnon II |
ASTLE | NORMAN HENRY | Unknown | 15/07/1915 | Able Seaman | H.M. Trawler Agamemnon II |
BERRY | JAMES | Unknown | 15/07/1915 | Second Hand | H.M. Trawler Agamemnon II |
MARSHALL | EDWARD H | Unknown | 21/10/1914 | Deck Hand | Agamemnon |
Her Details are
- Official Number 123598
- Yard Number 383
- Admiralty Number 19
- GT 225 NT 106
- Quarter Deck 66′ Foc’sle 18′
- Dimensions 117.2 x 22 x 11.6
- Engines 3 cylinder triple expansion
Registry closed 24/08/1915