HMS Amphitrite (1898)
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 HMS Amphitrite in dazzle camouflage, in 1918 after conversion to minelayer. |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Amphitrite |
| Builder: | Vickers Limited, Barrow in Furness |
| Launched: | January 5, 1898 |
| Reclassified: | Minelayer in 1917 |
| Fate: | Sold April 12, 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 11,000 tons |
| Length: | 435 ft (133 m) (462 ft 6 in (141.0 m) o/a) |
| Beam: | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Draught: | 25 ft 6 in (7.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 shaft triple expansion engines 16.500 - 18,000 hp |
| Speed: | 20 - 20.5 knots |
| Complement: | 760 |
| Armament: | 16 x single BL 6-inch Mark VII guns 14 x single QF 12-pounder guns 3 x single QF 3-pounder guns 2 x 18-inch torpedo tubes as Minelayer: 4 x 6-inch guns 1 x 12-pounder gun 354 mines |
| Armour: | 6 inch casemates 4.5-2 inch decks |
HMS Amphitrite was a ship of the Diadem-class of protected cruisers in the Royal Navy. She was built at Vickers Limited, Barrow in Furness and launched on January 5, 1898. 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 September 8, 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 April 12, 1920.
Amphitrite had the nickname 'am and tripe'[1] amongst her crew based on a humorous malapropism, and a reference to common foodstuffs such as might be served on board.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Diadem class at worldwar1.co.uk
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