HMS Thetis (1773)

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

History
Great Britain
Name	HMS Thetis
Namesake	Thetis
Ordered	25 December 1770
Builder	Wyatt & Co. Buckler's Hard
Laid down	1771
Launched	1773
Commissioned	1777
Out of service	1781
Fate	Wrecked 1780
General characteristics as built
Class and type	32-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)
Beam	35 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 hold	12 ft 2 in (3.71 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	220
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 Captain 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]

Citations

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

References

• Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1905). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. OCLC   763372623.
• Michael Phillips' ships of the old Navy