Amphitrite (1791 ship)

[1] Amphitrite served as a hired armed ship for the Royal Navy between 21 April 1793 and 30 October 1794.

[3] On 1 December 1793 the armed ship Amphitrite, R.R.Bowyer, commander, was part of a small squadron under Admiral John McBride that sailed to the coasts of Brittany and Normandy with troops under the command of Earl of Moira to create a diversion to help the Royalist cause.

[4] Lloyd's List (LL) reported on 11 March 1794 that the armed ship Amphitrite had brought into the Downs three ships: Margaretha Dorothea, from Altona, Hamburg to Genoa, with wheat; Specs Nova, from Altona with wheat for a market; and Two Brothers, with wine, spirits, etc.

[5] A week later, Amphitrite sent the Swedish ship Intrepid, with her cargo of wheat, into the Downs.

[6] Three days after that, Lloyd's List reported that Amphitrite had brought into the Downs Margartha Dorothea, Wallis, master, carrying wheat from Dort for the "Streights".