This prestigious yacht was built in teak over oak. She originally had 2 masts and over 1000m2 of sail area.
Its first owner was Colonel Donald Alexander McGregor of Somerset, UK, who outfitted the ship as a racing yacht.
From 1893 to 1966, the Amphitrite often changed owners and fittings (electric lighting, steel superstructure on the foredeck, wood on the aft deck, then in 1915, two eight-cylinder paraffin engines; in 1919, a radio system; in 1956 she became a three-masted schooner; in 1964 she was equipped with two Volvo Penta engines of 95 hp each)
Its 15 sails offered a total surface of 560 m2 for 350 m of rope.
Length: 44,33 m.
Width: 5,72m.
Draught: 4 m.
After 1970 to 1973, she served as a film ship.
The interior layout was very luxurious, with a large period lounge in Cuban mahogany, 28 berths divided into 6 cabins and 2 dormitories, with washbasins, hot water, a kitchen, a library, etc...
