HMS Amfitrite (1804)

'The Blanche frigate, lost among the Breakers'
History
Spain
NameAmfitrite
FateCaptured on 25 November 1804
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Amfitrite
AcquiredBy capture on 25 November 1804
RenamedHMS Blanche in 1805
Honours and
awards
Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Blanche 19 July 1806"
FateWrecked off Ushant on 4 March 1807
General characteristics
Class and type38-gun fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen1,036 tons
Length150 ft (46 m)
Beam40 ft (12 m)
PropulsionSails
Armament38 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.