Capture of the Thétis by HMS Amethyst on 10 November 1808, by Thomas Whitcombe |
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| Career (France) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Thétis |
| Ordered: | 4 November 1786 |
| Builder: | Brest |
| Laid down: | September 1785 |
| Launched: | 16 June 1788 |
| Captured: | 10 November 1808 |
| Career (United Kingdom) | |
| Name: | HMS Brune[1] |
| Struck: | 1838 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Nymphe-class frigate |
| Displacement: | 750 tonnes |
| Length: | 46.9 metres |
| Beam: | 11.9 metres |
| Height: | 5.8 metres |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament: |
26 x 18-pdr long guns |
Thétis was a 40-gun Nymphe-class frigate frigate of the French Navy.
From 1790, she served in various diplomatic missions in the Indian Ocean, before returning for a refit in Brest in 1793. From 1795, she was shuttled from France to Guadeloupe. She took part in the Invisible Squadron of Zacharie Allemand, before returning to Martinique along with the 16-gun brig Lynx.
The Chroniques de la Marine Française report that in 1807, she captured a 18-gun brig name Methly[2]
She was captured off Lorient by HMS Amethyst in the Action of 10 November 1808[3], and brought in British service as HMS Brune.