SMS Thetis (1855)
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| Ship data | ||
| Ship name | Thetis | |
| Ship type | Sailing frigate | |
| Ship class | ||
| Keel laying : | 1844 | |
| Launching ( ship christening ): | August 21, 1846 | |
| Builder: | James Graham, Devonport | |
| Crew: | about 380 men | |
| Building-costs: | ||
| Whereabouts: | Wrecked in 1894 | |
| Sister ships | ||
| SMS Niobe | ||
| Technical specifications | ||
| Displacement : | 1550 t | |
| Length: | 60 m | |
| Width: | 14 m | |
| Draft : | 5.80 m | |
| Design type: | Cross frame crawler made of oak |
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| Rigging: | Full ship | |
| Sail area: | 2370 m² | |
| Top speed: | 15 kn | |
| Measurement : | 1082 GRT | |
| Armament | ||
| Cannons: | 38 × 68 pounder | |
| Commanders | ||
SMS Thetis was a sailing frigate of the British Royal Navy , which was acquired by Prussia on January 12, 1855 in exchange for the Radavisos SMS Salamander and SMS Nix and then served in the Prussian Navy . In British service the ship was named after the Nereid Thetis from Greek mythology .
Before her service with the Prussian Navy, she was used by the British Royal Navy mainly on the southeast coast of America and then on the Pacific station . The island Thetis Iceland before the Canadian west coast was named after the ship.
At the turn of the year 1859/1860, the Thetis , the Frauenlob and the Arcona set out from Rio de Janeiro on a trip to Asia to Japan , which they reached in the late summer of 1860. The Thetis was commanded on this voyage by the later Vice Admiral Jachmann , while the squadron was commanded by the Arcona's commander , Captain Henrik Ludvig Sundevall . On September 2, 1860, the Prussian squadron was caught in a typhoon off Yokohama , in which the praise of women and all 47 men in their crew were lost. The rest of the squadron continued on their journey. From Japan it went to Shanghai in China (1861). After two years they reached Gdansk again via South Africa .
From 1866 the Thetis was used as an artillery training ship and as a guard ship off Kiel .
On November 28, 1871, the Thetis was removed from the list of warships and then used as the Hulk . In 1894 it was finally scrapped.
literature
- Friedrich zu Eulenburg and Philipp zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld (eds.): East Asia 1860-1862 in letters from Count Fritz zu Eulenburg. Ernst Siegfried Mittler & Son - Royal Court Bookshop, Berlin 1900.
- Mirko Graetz: Prince Adalbert's forgotten fleet. The North German Federal Navy 1867–1871. Lulu Enterprises, Morrisville, NC (USA) 2008, ISBN 978-1-4092-2509-6 , p. 90.
Individual evidence
- ^ Andrew Scott: The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names: A Complete Reference to Coastal British Columbia . Harbor Publishing, Madeira Park, BC 2009, ISBN 978-1-55017-484-7 , pp. 588-589 (English).
- ↑ A. Berg: The Prussian Expedition to East Asia. According to official sources. 3rd volume. Berlin 1873, p. 375ff.