HMS Thetis (1846)

SMS Thetis, the former HMS Thetis, circa 1867.
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Thetis
NamesakeThetis
Ordered23 April 1842 & 16 February 1843
BuilderDevonport dockyard
Cost£51,926
Laid down2 December 1844
Launched21 August 1846
Commissioned30 December 1846
FateTransferred to the Prussian Navy on 12 January 1855
Prussia
NameSMS Thetis
Acquired12 January 1855
Decommissioned28 November 1871
Stricken28 November 1871
FateBroken up in 1894–95
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type36-gun fifth-rate frigate
Displacement1,894 long tons (1,924 t)
Tons burthen1533 1494 bm
Length164 ft 7.25 in (50.2 m)
Beam46 ft 8.75 in (14.2 m)
Draught
  • 13 ft 10 in (4.2 m) (forward)
  • 15 ft 5 in (4.7 m) (aft)
Depth of hold13 ft 6.5 in (4.128 m)
Sail planShip rig
Speed15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement330
Armament

HMS Thetis was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. After nearly a decade of service with the British, she was transferred to Prussia in exchange for two steam gunboats. She served with the Prussian Navy, the North German Federal Navy and the Imperial German Navy as a training ship until being stricken in 1871. Thetis was subsequently converted into a coal hulk and broken up in 1894–95.
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