HMS Thetis

Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Thetis, named after the sea-nymph in Greek mythology:

• HMS Thetis was a 22-gun storeship launched in 1717. Her fate is unknown.
• HMS Thetis was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1747. She became a hospital ship in 1757 and was sold in 1767.
• HMS Thetis was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1773 and wrecked off St Lucia in 1781.
• HMS Thetis was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1782 and sold in 1814.
• HMS Thetis was an 8-gun schooner purchased in 1796 and listed until 1800.
• HMS Thetis was a 24-gun sixth rate captured from the Dutch in 1796 and later scuttled.
• HMS Thetis was a 10-gun gun-brig launched in 1810 and on the lists until at least 1836.
• HMS Thetis was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1817 and wrecked off Cape Frio in 1830.
• HMS Thetis was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1846 and transferred to Prussia in 1855 in exchange for two gunboats.
• HMS Thetis was a Briton-class wooden screw corvette launched in 1871 and sold in 1887.
• HMS Thetis was an Apollo-class second class protected cruiser launched in 1890. She was used as a minelayer from 1907 and was sunk in 1918 as a blockship at Zeebrugge.
• HMS Thetis was a T-class submarine launched in 1938. She sank during trials but was salvaged and recommissioned as HMS Thunderbolt. The Italian corvette Cicogna sank Thunderbolt in 1943.

See also

• Thetis Island
• Thetis Lake

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.