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 HMS Amphitrite in dazzle camouflage, in 1918 after conversion to minelayer.
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| Name | HMS Amphitrite |
| Builder | Vickers Limited, Barrow in Furness |
| Launched | 5 January 1898 |
| Reclassified | Minelayer in 1917 |
| Fate | Sold 12 April 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 11,000 tons |
| Length | 435 ft (133 m) (462 ft 6 in (140.97 m) o/a) |
| Beam | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Draught | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 2 shaft triple expansion engines 16.500 - 18,000 hp |
| Speed | 20 - 20.5 knots |
| Complement | 760 |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 16 × single QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns 14 × single QF 12-pounder guns |
| Armour | list error: <br /> list (help) 6 inch casemates 4.5-2 inch decks |
HMS Amphitrite was a ship of the Diadem-class of protected cruisers in the Royal Navy, which served in the First World War.
Construction
She was built at Vickers Limited, Barrow in Furness and launched on 5 July 1898.
Pre-war service history
Amphitrite was commissioned at Chatham 17 September 1901 by Captain William Stoke-Rees to take out reliefs to the Mediterranean Station.[1] She left Sheerness 28 September 1901 for Malta with a new crew for the battleship Illustrious, which had undergone a refit.[2] Bringing back invalids from the garrisons at Malta and Gibraltar, she arrived in Plymouth to land them 20 October 1901, then proceeded to Portsmouth.[3] The following month she was ordered to go to China with new crews for the despatch vessel Alacrity and the draught steamer Snipe.[4] She arrived at Hong Kong on 4 January 1902.[5] On her return she went ashore in the bay of Suez in early February,[6] but soon came loose and arrived home at Plymouth 21 February with crews from the China station.[7]
Captain Charles Windham was appointed in command when she was re-commisioned in March/April 1902.[8]
First World War
She served in the First World War with her sisters. In 1914 she was part of the Ninth Cruiser Squadron, serving in the Atlantic. In June 1915 she was placed in reserve, but reactivated as a minelayer in 1917. She collided with the destroyer HMS Nessus in the North Sea on 8 September 1918, which sunk the Nessus. She was later assigned to the Nore Command, and survived the War to be sold to Ward of Milford Haven for breaking up on 12 April 1920.
Amphitrite had the nickname 'am and tripe'[9] amongst her crew based on a humorous malapropism, and a reference to common foodstuffs such as might be served on board.
References
- ^ "Naval & military intelligence". The Times. No. 36563. London. 18 September 1901. p. 5. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36573. London. 30 September 1901. p. 5. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36591. London. 21 October 1901. p. 8. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36616. London. 19 November 1901. p. 10. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36657. London. 6 January 1902. p. 8. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "British cruiser ashore". The Times. No. 36686. London. 8 February 1902. p. 9. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36698. London. 22 February 1902. p. 13. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36707. London. 5 March 1902. p. 5. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ News and Events : Royal Navy
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Diadem class at worldwar1.co.uk
