HMS Amphitrite was a ship of the Diadem-class

Diadem class cruiser

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 of protected cruiser

Protected cruiser

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s in the Royal Navy

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. She was built at Vickers Limited

Vickers Limited

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, Barrow in Furness and launched on 5 January 1898. She served in the First World War with her sisters. In 1914 she was part of the Ninth Cruiser Squadron, serving in the Atlantic. In June 1915 she was placed in reserve, but reactivated as a minelayer in 1917. She collided with the destroyer HMS Nessus

HMS Nessus

Two vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Nessus after Nessus, a centaur of Greek Mythology: was an M class destroyer launched ay Swan Hunter on 24 August 1915 and sunk on 8 September 1918 in a collision with the cruiser HMS Amphitrite in the North Sea.*HMS Nessus was a 150 ton...

 in the North Sea

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 on 8 September 1918, which sunk the Nessus. She was later assigned to the Nore Command, and survived the War to be sold to Ward of Milford Haven

Milford Haven

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 for breaking up on 12 April 1920.

Amphitrite had the nickname 'am

Ham

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 and tripe

Tripe

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' amongst her crew based on a humorous malapropism

Malapropism

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, and a reference to common foodstuffs such as might be served on board.