French frigate Thétis (1819)

Thétis was a 44-gun frigate of the French Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Thétis.

Model of Thétis on display at the Musée de la Marine de Rochefort
History
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NameThétis
NamesakeThetis
BuilderToulon
Laid down1814[1]
Launched3 May 1819[1]
Out of service13 December 1853[1]
FateBroken up 1866
General characteristics
Sail planFull-rigged ship
Armament44 guns

Career

Commissioned in Toulon on 8 March 1822, Thétis crossed to Brest in late 1822. From December 1822 to October 1823, she cruised the Caribbean before circumnavigating the planet, under Captain Hyacinthe de Bougainville. From 1824 to 1826, she served in the Indian Ocean along with Espérance, again sailing around the globe.[1]

Thétis took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. From 1832 to 1847, she was in various states of commission, and from 1851 she was used as a schoolship for cabin boys. In 1865, she was renamed to Laninon (to free up the name for the armoured corvette Thétis) and used as a coal depot.[1]

The ship was broken up in 1866.[2]

Citations
  1. Roche p.437
  2. Winfield & Roberts p.151

References
  • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 437. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
  • Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.


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