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THETIS 5th rate sailing frigate (1846)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Thetis     Devonport DYd 2.12.1844 21.8.1846 30.12.1846 to Prussia 1.1855 (Thetis)

 

Displacement normal, t

1533bm 1894 normal

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

41.4 gundeck

Breadth, m

14.2

Draught, m

4.70

No of shafts

 

Machinery

sails

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

 

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

4 x 1 - 204/13 68pdr 65cwt shell SBML, 18 x 1 - 163/18 32pdr 56cwt SBML, 14 x 1 - 160/11 32pdr 25cwt SBML

Complement

330

Project history: 36-gun 5th rate 32pdr frigate. Design by Read, Chatfield and Creuze, approved in 1843.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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