HMS Amphitrite (1778)

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Amphitrite
Ordered	8 January 1777
Builder	Deptford Dockyard
Laid down	2 July 1777
Launched	28 May 1778
Completed	22 July 1778
Commissioned	May 1778
Fate	Wrecked on 30 January 1794
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	24-gun Porcupine-class sixth-rate post ship
Tons burthen	51355⁄94 (bm)
Length	114 ft 3 in (34.8 m) (gundeck) 94 ft 3+1⁄2 in (28.7 m) (keel)
Beam	32 ft (9.8 m)
Draught	7 ft 10 in (2.4 m)
Depth of hold	10 ft 3 in (3.1 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	160
Armament	Upper deck: 22 × 9-pounder guns QD: 2 × 6-pounder guns

HMS Amphitrite was a 24-gun Porcupine-class sixth-rate post ship of the Royal Navy. She served during the American Revolution primarily in the economic war. On the one hand she protected the trade by capturing or assisting at the capture of a number of privateers, some of which the Royal Navy then took into service. On the other hand, she also captured many American merchant vessels, most of them small. Amphitrite was wrecked early in 1794.