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.

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

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