HMS Thetis was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, built by Wyatt & Co. at Buckler's Hard shipyard in 1773.
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]
Notes
Citations
- ^ "Naval Documents of The American Revolution Volume 11 AMERICAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778 EUROPEAN THEATRE: Jan. 1, 1778–Mar. 31, 1778" (PDF). U.S. Government printing office via Imbiblio. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ^ Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 318.
- ^ Michael Phillips' ships of the old Navy
References
- Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1905). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. OCLC 763372623.
- Michael Phillips' ships of the old Navy
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