French ship Amphitrite

Fifteen ships of the French Navy have borne the name Amphitrite, after Amphitrite, a Greek sea goddess.

For other uses, see Amphitrite (disambiguation).

Ships named Amphitrite
  • Amphitrite (1696), a fourth-rank 42/44-gun ship built at Rochefort by the design of Pierre Masson. She was in private service beginning 1698, when she carried a Jesuit mission to Canton under the leadership of Father Joachim Bouvet. She was recommissioned in 1704, and lost to a fire in 1713. [1]
  • Amphitrite (1700), a third-rank ship launched October 1700 at Dunkirk as a 50/52. It was later converted to a later 46/48, was renamed Protée in March 1705, and deleted 1722.[1]
  • Amphitrite (1744), launched at Bayonne and wrecked 1745, was the lead ship of the class of the same name, a 30-gun design of 1744 by Venard, with 26 x 8-pounder and 4 x 4-pounder guns.[1]
  • Amphitrite (1769), a Dédaigneuse-class frigate[1]
  • Amphitrite (1780), a corvette[1]
  • Amphitrite (1782), a fluyt[1]
  • Amphitrite (1801), an aviso[1]
  • Milanaise (1803), a 52-gun frigate, bore the name during her career[1]
  • Amphitrite (1808), a 44-gun Armide class frigate, scuttled in 1809 during the British invasion of Martinique.[1]
  • Amphitrite (1814), a Pallas-class frigate launched October 1814 at Venice, transferred to the Austrian Navy after that year's annexation of Venice, and renamed Anfitrite and later Augusta.[1]
  • Saale (1810), an Armide-class frigate, bore the name during the Bourbon Restoration. She was deleted in 1821.[1]
  • Agamemnon (1812), a Téméraire class seventy-four on the First French Empire, bore the name after she was razéed into a 54-gun firgate during the Bourbon Restoration.[1]
  • Amphitrite (1861), a Lorcha built in Indochina.[1]
  • Amphitrite was an Amphitrite-class submarine launched in 1914 and struck in 1935. [2]
  • Amphitrite was a Diane-class submarine launched in 1930 and sunk in 1942. [2]

Ships with similar names
  • Amphitrite II a requisitioned trawler. [3]
  • Amphitrite II a requisitioned yacht, used as an auxiliary patrol boat. [3]
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Notes and references

Notes

    References

    1. Roche (2005), p. 40, volume 1.
    2. Roche (2005), p. 37, volume 2.
    3. Roche (2005), p. 38, volume 2.

    Bibliography

    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.


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