HMS Thetis (1773)

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

HMS Thetis was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built by Wyatt & Co. at Buckler's Hard shipyard in 1773.

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 & 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

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]

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