HMS Thetis (1782)
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Career (UK) | |
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Name: | HMS Thetis |
Operator: | Royal Navy |
Ordered: | 1781 |
Laid down: | December 1781 |
Launched: | 23 September 1782 |
Commissioned: | November 1782 |
Fate: | Sold 9 June 1814 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Minerva class frigate |
Tons burthen: | 954 |
Length: | 141 ft 6 in (43.1 m) |
Beam: | 39 ft 2 in (11.9 m) |
Depth of hold: | 13 ft 8 in (4.2 m) |
Propulsion: | Sail |
Complement: | 280 |
Armament: | UD: Twenty-eight 18-pounder guns QD: Eight 9-pounder guns, six 18-pounder carronades FC: Two 9-pounder guns, four 18-pounder carronades |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Thetis.
HMS Thetis was a 38-gun, fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, sold out of the service in 1827.
[edit] References
- Robert Gardiner, The Heavy Frigate, Conway Maritime Press, London 1994.