HMS Thetis

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Several ships of the Royal Navy were named HMS Thetis after Thetis , a figure in Greek mythology

  • The first HMS Thetis was an armed transport ship with 22 cannons, launched in 1717.
  • The second HMS Thetis was a 44-gun frigate launched in 1747 and sold for scrapping in 1767.
  • The third HMS Thetis was a 32-gun frigate that was launched in 1773 and was shipwrecked in the Caribbean near St. Lucia in 1783 .
  • The fourth HMS Thetis was a 32-gun frigate launched in 1782 and sold for scrapping in 1814.
  • The fifth HMS Thetis was a light 24-gun frigate launched in 1796.
  • The sixth HMS Thetis was an 8-gun schooner purchased in 1796.
  • The seventh HMS Thetis was a 10-gun brig launched in 1810.
  • The eighth HMS Thetis was a frigate with 46 guns that was launched in 1817 and was lost in the South Atlantic off Cape Frio near Rio de Janeiro in 1830 due to a shipwreck.
  • The ninth HMS Thetis was a 36-gun frigate launched in 1846 and handed over to Prussia in 1855.
  • The tenth HMS Thetis was a Corvette with screw drive, which was launched in 1871 and was sold in 1887 for breaking up.
  • The eleventh HMS Thetis was an Apollo-class armored cruiser that was launched in 1890 and sunk to block the port entrance during the attack on Zeebrugge in 1918 .
  • The twelfth HMS Thetis was a submarine of the T-Class , which was launched in 1938 and 1939 sank off Liverpool in trials in which 99 men died. The boat was lifted when HMS Thunderbolt entered service and sunk north of Sicily by the Italian corvette Cicogna in 1943 .