Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Thetis, named after the sea-nymph in Greek mythology:
HMS Thetis (1717) was a 22-gun storeship launched in 1717. Her fate is unknown.
HMS Thetis (1747) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1747. She became a hospital ship in 1757 and was sold in 1767.
HMS Thetis (1773) was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1773 and wrecked entering the Careenage at St. Lucia Bay in 1781.[1]
HMS Thetis (1782) was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1782 and sold in 1814.
HMS Thetis (1796 schooner) was an 8-gun schooner purchased in 1796 and listed until 1800.
HMS Thetis was a 24-gun sixth rate that the Royal Navy captured from the Dutch at Demerara in 1796 and later scuttled there. She was a Dutch 7th Charter frigate built at Amsterdam and launched in 1785. Her dimensions, in Dutch feet of 11 Rotterdam inches, were: 125' 7/11" x 34' x 13' 2/11".[2]
HMS Thetis (1810) was a 10-gun gun-brig launched in 1810 and on the lists until at least 1836.
HMS Thetis (1817) was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1817 and wrecked off Arraial do Cabo (near Cape Frio) in 1830.[3]
HMS Thetis (1846) was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1846 and transferred to Prussia in 1855 in exchange for two gunboats.
HMS Thetis (1871) was a Briton-class wooden screw corvette launched in 1871 and sold in 1887.
HMS Thetis (1890) was an Apollo-class second-class protected cruiser launched in 1890. She was used as a minelayer from 1907 and was sunk in 1918 as a blockship at Zeebrugge.
HMS Thetis (N25) was a T-class submarine launched in 1938. She sank during trials but was salvaged and recommissioned as HMS Thunderbolt. The Italian corvette Cicogna sank Thunderbolt in 1943.
HMSThetis, named after the sea-nymph in Greek mythology: HMSThetis (1717) was a 22-gun storeship launched in 1717. Her fate is unknown. HMSThetis (1747)...
Thetis (/ˈθiːtɪs/ THEEH-tiss, /ˈθɛtɪs/ THEH-tiss; Greek: Θέτις [tʰétis]) is a figure from Greek mythology with varying mythological roles. She mainly appears...
Thetis Lake is a name that refers to two freshwater lakes (Upper and Lower Thetis) connected by a narrow culvert in the 834-hectare (2,060-acre) Thetis...
and broken up the following year. HMS Thunderbolt (N25) was a T-class submarine originally called HMSThetis. Thetis sank during sea trials on 1 June 1939...
used by the defending forces, as in the case of the three old cruisers HMSThetis, Iphigenia and Intrepid scuttled during the Zeebrugge raid in 1918 to...
returned to their home island, and another 27 followed five years later. HMSThetis visited Pitcairn Island on 18 April 1881 and "found the people very happy...
it was officially put under the jurisdiction of the governors of Fiji. HMSThetis visited Pitcairn Island on 18 April 1881 and "found the people very happy...
their fire on the three blocking ships, HMSThetis, Intrepid and Iphigenia, which were filled with concrete. Thetis, which had been ordered to ram the lock...
Thetis Island location in the Strait of Georgia Thetis Island (population: 379) is an island and unincorporated community off the coast of British Columbia...
by John Williams. HMSThetis 1773 – ran onto a rock and sank near Saint Lucia on 12 May 1781. HMS Amazon 1773 – broken up 1794 HMS Ambuscade 1773 – taken...
she captured numerous merchant ships and defeated five British warships: HMS Guerriere, Java, Pictou, Cyane, and Levant. The battle with Guerriere earned...
Portsmouth, in October 1841. He became commanding officer of the fifth-rate HMSThetis in the Mediterranean Fleet in October 1846 and provided refuge on board...
Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island. 103 1939 United Kingdom HMSThetis – A T-class submarine that sank in Liverpool Bay on 1 June after inadvertent...
the cost of coal. In 1848 the sail frigate HMSThetis was estimated to cost 64 GBP daily to operate. HMS Terrible, of the same weight of armament, was...
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