&sq=&lang=&file=File:HMS_Blanche_wrecked.jpg) 'The Blanche frigate, lost among the Breakers'
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| History | |
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| Name | Amfitrite |
| Fate | Captured on 25 November 1804 |
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| Name | HMS Amfitrite |
| Acquired | By capture on 25 November 1804 |
| Renamed | HMS Blanche in 1805 |
| Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Blanche 19 July 1806" |
| Fate | Wrecked off Ushant on 4 March 1807 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | 38-gun fifth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen | 1,036 tons |
| Length | 150 ft (46 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Armament | 38 guns |
HMS Amfitrite was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. She had previously served with the Spanish Navy before she was captured during the Napoleonic Wars and commissioned into the Royal Navy. The Admiralty renamed her HMS Blanche after she had spent just over a year as Amfitrite. She was the only ship in the Navy to bear this specific name, though a number of other ships used the conventional English spelling and were named HMS Amphitrite. Her most notable feat was her capture of Guerriere in 1806. Blanche was wrecked in 1807.