HMS Thetis (1773)
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Name | HMS Thetis |
Namesake | Thetis |
Ordered | 25 December 1770 |
Builder | Wyatt & Co. Buckler's Hard |
Laid down | 1771 |
Launched | 1773 |
Commissioned | 1777 |
Out of service | 1781 |
Fate | Wrecked 1780 |
General characteristics as built | |
Class and type | 32-gun fifth-rate Amazon-class frigate (1773) frigate |
Length |
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Beam | 35 ft 1.75 in (10.7125 m) |
Draught |
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Depth of hold | 12 ft 2 in (3.71 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 220 |
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HMS Thetis was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built by Wyatt & Co. at Buckler's Hard shipyard in 1773.
From 1777 to 1781 she served with the North American squadron. In January, 1778 she was under the command of Capt. John Gell.[1]
Thetis took part in the action of 9 August 1780, when a convoy she was escorting fell prey to a Franco-Spanish squadron. 55 merchantmen were captured, but she managed to escape.[2]
In 1780, she was wrecked.[3]
Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 318.
- ^ Michael Phillips' ships of the old Navy
References
[edit]- Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1905). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. OCLC 763372623.
- Michael Phillips' ships of the old Navy