HMS Thais (1829)

HMS Thais was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop built for the Royal Navy during the 1820s. She was lost in 1833.

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

History
United Kingdom
Name:	Thais
Ordered:	25 March 1823
Builder:	Pembroke Dockyard
Laid down:	July 1828
Launched:	12 October 1829
Completed:	June 1832
Fate:	Lost, December 1833
General characteristics
Class and type:	Cherokee-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen:	230 64/94 bm
Length:	90 ft (27.4 m) (gundeck) 72 ft 3 in (22.0 m) (keel)
Beam:	24 ft 8 in (7.5 m)
Draught:	9 ft (2.7 m)
Depth:	11 ft (3.4 m)
Sail plan:	Brig
Complement:	52
Armament:	2 × 6-pdr cannon; 8 × 18-pdr carronades

Description

Thais had a length at the gundeck of 90 feet (27.4 m) and 72 feet 3 inches (22.0 m) at the keel. She had a beam of 24 feet 8 inches (7.5 m), a draught of about 9 feet (2.7 m) and a depth of hold of 11 feet (3.4 m). The ship's tonnage was 230 64/94 tons burthen.[1] The Cherokee class was armed with two 6-pounder cannon and eight 18-pounder carronades. The ships had a crew of 52 officers and ratings.[2]

Construction and career

Thais, the second ship of her name to serve in the Royal Navy,[3] was ordered on 23 March 1823, laid down in July 1828 at Pembroke Dockyard, Wales, and launched on 12 October 1829.[2] She was completed on June 1832 at Plymouth Dockyard.

Thais departed Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America, on 12 December 1833 and was never heard from again.[4] She was lost with all hands off the coast of Galway, Ireland, in December 1833.[5]

Notes

1. Winfield, p. 1079
2. Winfield & Lyon, p. 121
3. Colledge, p. 348
4. "FALMOUTH, MARCH 26". The Morning Post (19752). 29 March 1834.
5. Winfield & Lyon, p. 124

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
• Phillips, Lawrie; Lieutenant Commander (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7509-5214-9.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates (epub). Barnsley, UK: Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.
• Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6.