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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