HMS Thetis (1773)

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

History
Great Britain
NameHMS Thetis
NamesakeThetis
Ordered25 December 1770
BuilderWyatt & Co. Buckler's Hard
Laid down1771
Launched1773
Commissioned1777
Out of service1781
FateWrecked 1780
General characteristics as built
Class and type32-gun fifth-rate Amazon-class frigate (1773) frigate
Length
  • 126 ft 3 in (38.48 m) (gundeck)
  • 104 ft 1 in (31.72 m) (keel)
Beam35 ft 1.75 in (10.7125 m)
Draught
  • 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (forwards)
  • 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) (aft)
Depth of hold12 ft 2 in (3.71 m)
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Complement220
Armament
  • Upper deck: 26 × 12-pounder guns
  • QD: 4 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Fc: 2 × 6-pounder guns + 2 × 18-pounder carronades

HMS Thetis was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built by Wyatt & Co. at Buckler's Hard shipyard in 1773.

From 1777 to 1781 she served with the North American squadron. In January, 1778 she was under the command of Capt. John Gell.[1]

Thetis took part in the action of 9 August 1780, when a convoy she was escorting fell prey to a Franco-Spanish squadron. 55 merchantmen were captured, but she managed to escape.[2]

In 1780, she was wrecked.[3]

  1. ^ "Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. ^ Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 318.
  3. ^ Michael Phillips' ships of the old Navy