Twelve ships of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Thetis'', named after the sea-nymph in

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: * was a 22-gun

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launched in 1717. Her fate is unknown. * was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1747. She became a hospital ship in 1757 and was sold in 1767. * was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1773 and wrecked entering the Careenage at St. Lucia Bay in 1781. * was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1782 and sold in 1814. * was an 8-gun

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purchased in 1796 and listed until 1800. * HMS ''Thetis'' was a 24-gun sixth rate that the Royal Navy captured from the Dutch at Demerara in 1796 and later scuttled there. She was a Dutch 7th Charter frigate built at Amsterdam and launched in 1785. Her dimensions, in Dutch feet of 11 Rotterdam inches, were: 125' 7/11" x 34' x 13' 2/11". * was a 10-gun

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launched in 1810 and on the lists until at least 1836. * was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1817 and wrecked off

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(near Cape Frio) in 1830.Hepper (1994), p.161. * was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1846 and transferred to

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in 1855 in exchange for two gunboats. * was a wooden screw

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launched in 1871 and sold in 1887. * was an second-class protected cruiser launched in 1890. She was used as a minelayer from 1907 and was sunk in 1918 as a blockship at

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. * was a T-class

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launched in 1938. She sank during trials but was salvaged and recommissioned as HMS ''Thunderbolt''. The Italian corvette ''Cicogna'' sank ''Thunderbolt'' in 1943.

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* * * van Maanen, Ron, ''Preliminary list of Dutch naval vessel built or required in the period 1700-1799''. Unpublished manuscrip

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