HMS Thisbe was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy.
Thisbe at sea in a hurricane on 23 August 1798 | |
History | |
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Great Britain | |
Name | HMS Thisbe |
Ordered | 23 February 1782 |
Builder | Thomas King, Dover |
Laid down | September 1782 |
Launched | 25 November 1783 |
Completed | 19 April 1784 |
Commissioned | December 1787 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1] |
Fate | Sold to be broken up, 9 August 1815 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 59657⁄94 (bm) |
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Beam | 33 ft 7 in (10.24 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 200 officers and men |
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Service
Thisbe was first commissioned in December 1787 under the command of Captain George Robertson. Because Thisbe served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 2 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants.[lower-alpha 1]
In 1804 Thisbe was in the Mediterranean. There she captured a privateer that she sent into Corfu. Thisbe also recaptured Wight, Ford, master, which had been sailing from Zant to London when the privater had captured her. '"Wight arrived at Portsmouth in September.[3]
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