Amenities ships included movie theaters and canteens staffed by mercantile crews of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary service.
These ships were intended to provide a place where British Pacific Fleet personnel could relax between operations.
[1] Amenities ships were expected to provide an alternative to shore leave in remote locations without commercial recreation facilities.
Two former minelayers, HMS Agamemnon and Menestheus were converted to amenities ships after the Northern Barrage was completed.
They underwent further conversion at Vancouver in 1944 including installation of a brewery to make beer for shipboard consumption.