HMS Thetis (1782)

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Career (UK) RN Ensign
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

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.