HMS Thetis (1773) facts for kids

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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 x 6-pounder guns + 4 x 18-pounder carronades Fc: 2 x 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.

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.

In 1780, she was wrecked.