History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Thetis |
Namesake | Thetis |
Builder | Devonport Dockyard |
Laid down | 29 August 1870 |
Launched | 26 October 1871 |
Completed | 1 February 1873 |
Fate | Sold for scrap, November 1887 |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Class and type | Briton-class wooden screw corvette |
Displacement | 1,854 long tons (1,884 t) |
Tons burthen | 1,322 bm |
Length | 220 ft (67.1 m) (p/p) |
Beam | 36 ft (11.0 m) |
Draught | 16 ft 6 in (5.0 m) |
Depth of hold | 21 ft 6 in (6.6 m) |
Installed power | 2,275 ihp (1,696 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Sail plan | Ship rig |
Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 220 |
Armament | 14 × 6.3-inch 64-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns |
HMS Thetis was a Briton-class wooden screw corvette built for the Royal Navy in the late 1860s.