HMS Thetis (1782)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Thetis.

Career (UK)
Capture of La Prevoyante and La Raison by Thetis and Hussar, by Thomas Whitcombe
Name:	HMS Thetis
Ordered:	1781
Builder:	Rotherhithe
Laid down:	December 1781
Launched:	23 September 1782
Commissioned:	November 1782
Fate:	Sold 9 June 1814
General characteristics
Class and type:	38-gun Minerve-class fifth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:	954 (bm)
Length:	141 ft 6 in (43.13 m)
Beam:	39 ft 2 in (11.94 m)
Depth of hold:	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	280
Armament:	Upper deck: 28 x 18-pounder guns QD: 8 x 9-pounder guns + 6 x 18-pounder carronades Fc: 2 x 9-pounder guns + 4 x 18-pounder carronades

HMS Thetis was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy launched in 1782. In 1795 she captured the French storeships Prevoyante and Raison; and in 1801 took part in Lord Keith's expedition to Egypt; in 1809 assisted in cutting out the French 16-gun man-of-war Nisus at Guadeloupe, and took part in the storming of the batteries at Anse à la Barque. In 1810 Thetis took part in the capture of Guadeloupe. She was sold in 1814.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
Robert Gardiner, The Heavy Frigate, Conway Maritime Press, London 1994.