Name Amphitrite Ordered 6 January 1806 Laid down August 1806 Construction started August 1806 Length 47 m Displacement 1.33 million kg | Namesake Amphitrite Builder Cherbourg In service 1804 Launched 11 April 1808 Weight 1,330 tons Draft 5.5 m | |
The Amphitrite was a 44-gun Armide class frigate of the French Navy.
Amphitrite, under frigate captain Trobriand, departed Cherbourg for Martinique on 10 November 1808, along with Vénus, Junon, Cygne and Papillon, under contre-amiral Hamelin. The next day, the squadron broke apart.
Amphitrite arrived at Fort de France, only to find it blockaded by the Royal Navy. She managed to slip through and reach the harbour. On 3 February, as the British attacked Martinique, the Amphitrite was scuttled to prevent her capture.
In 1960, construction work of a modern commerce harbour in Fort de France uncovered the bottom of the hull of Amphitrite. Copper sheets of the hull and other fragments were recovered and are now on display at the Service Régional de l'Archéologie.