HMS Agamemnon (M10)

HMS Agamemnon at port ZA
History
United Kingdom
Name:	HMS Agamemnon
Builder:	Workman Clark, Belfast
Launched:	1929
Commissioned:	1940
Fate:	returned to Blue Funnel Line, 1946
Notes:	Pennant number: M10
Class overview
Operators:	Royal Navy
In service:	1940–1943
General characteristics as built
Class and type:	Auxiliary minelayer
Displacement:	7593 (GRT)
Speed:	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Armament:	3 × QF 4 inch Mk V naval gun 2 × QF 2-pounder naval gun 4 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 4 × 0.5 in (13 mm) machine guns 542 × mines

MV Agamemnon was a cargo liner launched in 1929 for the Blue Funnel Line between United Kingdom ports and the Far East. She was requisitioned by the Royal Navy for conversion to the auxiliary minelayer HMS Agamemnon. She joined the 1st Minelaying Squadron based at Kyle of Lochalsh (port ZA) laying mines for the World War II Northern Barrage. When minelaying was completed in October 1943, she was retained for conversion to an amenities ship as part of a mobile naval base for British Pacific Fleet warships. She underwent further conversion at Vancouver in 1944 including installation of a movie theater and canteen to be staffed by mercantile crews of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary service. Conversion was incomplete when hostilities with Japan ended, and she was returned to Blue Funnel Line in 1946.