HMS Thetis
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Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Thetis, named after the sea-nymph in Greek mythology:
- The first Thetis was a 22-gun storeship launched in 1717.
- The second Thetis was a 44-gun fifth-rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1767.
- The third Thetis was a 32-gun fifth-gun launched in 1773 and wrecked off St Lucia in 1781.
- The fourth Thetis was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1782 and sold in 1814.
- The fifth Thetis was a 24-gun sixth-rate launched in 1796.
- The sixth Thetis was an 8-gun schooner purchased in 1796.
- The seventh Thetis was a 10-gun gun-brig launched in 1810.
- The eighth Thetis was a 46-gun fifth-rate launched in 1817 and wrecked off Cape Frio in 1830.
- The ninth Thetis was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in 1846 and transferred to Prussia in 1855.
- The tenth Thetis was a Briton-class wooden screw corvette, launched in 1871 and sold in 1887.
- The eleventh Thetis, launched in 1890, was an Apollo-class second class protected cruiser. She was sunk in 1918 as a blockship at Zeebrugge.
- The twelfth Thetis (N25), launched in 1938, was a T-class submarine. She sank during trials but was salvaged and recommissioned as Thunderbolt. She was sunk on 14 March 1943 north of Sicily by the Italian corvette Cicogna.
See also
References
- J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.
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