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Amphitrite on 1936 Australian stamp commemorating completion of submarine telephone cable to Tasmania. Amphitrite is the name of a genus of the worm family Terebellidae. In poetry, Amphitrite's name is often used for the sea, as a synonym of Thalassa. Seven ships of the Royal Navy were named HMS Amphitrite
Amphitrite was built at Appledore, Torridge, (equally Bideford), and launched in 1802. Under various owners and masters she traded across the North Atlantic and to the Baltic. Under various owners and masters she traded across the North Atlantic and to the Baltic.
Amphitrite was discovered by Albert Marth on 1 March 1854, at the private South Villa Observatory, in Regent's Park, London.It was Marth's only asteroid discovery. Its name was chosen by George Bishop, the owner of the observatory, who named it after Amphitrite, a sea goddess in Greek mythology. [3]
Amphitrite (1796 ship) was launched at Kingston upon Hull. A French privateer captured her in 1799 on Amphitrite ' s first voyage as a slave ship. Amphitrite (1802 ship) was built at Appledore, Torridge, (equally Bideford). Under various owners and masters she traded across the North Atlantic and to the Baltic.
HMS Amphitrite was a 24-gun Porcupine-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy. She served during the American Revolution primarily in the economic war. On the one hand she protected the trade by capturing or assisting at the capture of a number of privateers , some of which the Royal Navy then took into service.
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 × 8-pounder and 4 × 4-pounder guns. [ 1 ] Amphitrite (1769) , a Dédaigneuse -class frigate [ 1 ]
USS Amphitrite has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: USS Tonawanda (1864), a monitor in commission in 1865 and from 1866 to 1872, renamed USS Amphitrite in 1869; USS Amphitrite (BM-2), a monitor in commission from 1895 to 1901, from 1902 to 1907, and from 1910 to 1919
Amphitrite first appeared in Lloyd's Register in 1792 with W.Hayes, master, W.Fowler, owner, and trade London–Havre. [1] Amphitrite served as a hired armed ship for the Royal Navy between 21 April 1793 and 30 October 1794. [2] In January 1793 Lieutenant R.R. Bowyer commissioned the armed sloop Amphitrite for service in the Channel. [3]