Amphitrite (1802 ship)
 Shipwreck of Amphitrite, engraving by Jules Noël, 1877.
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| Name | Amphitrite |
| Namesake | Amphitrite |
| Builder | Appledore, Torridge,[1], or Bideford |
| Launched | 1804 |
| Fate | Wrecked 1833 |
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| Propulsion | Sail |
| Complement | 16 (at loss) |
Amphitrite was built at Appledore, Torridge, (equally Bideford), and wrecked in 1833 with heavy loss of life while transporting female convicts to New South Wales.
Career
Amphitrite's year of launch is ambiguous, Lloyd's Register and the Register of Shipping listing it in various volumes as 1802, 1804, or even 1816.
The Register of Shipping for 1833 (published in 1832), shows Amphitrite with R. Murray , master, Lyall & Co., owner, and trade Portsmouth transport, changing to London–New South Wales. She had undergone repairs in 1822 and had been lengthened in 1824.[1]
Loss
Captain John Hunter sailed Amphitrite from Woolwich, Kent, England on 25 August 1833, bound for New South Wales. She had embarked 108 female convicts and 12 children.[2]
While sailing off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France she encountered a gale and was blown ashore on 31 August. Hunter refused offers of aid from the shore, due to the prisoners on board. The ship subsequently broke up with the loss of 133 lives; only three crewmen survived.[2][3]
Citations
- ^ a b Register of Shipping (1833), Seq.№A668.
- ^ a b "Dreadful Shipwreck Off Boulogne." Times [London, England 4 Sept. 1833: 5. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 27 Apr. 2018.]
- ^ "Further Account Of The Wreck Of The Amphitrite." Times [London, England 5 Sept. 1833: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 27 Apr. 2018.]
References
- Bateson, Charles, The Convict Ships, 1787–1868, Sydney, 1974. ISBN 0-85174-195-9