HMS Thais (1829)

HMS Thais was a ten-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1829. She immediately became a Post Office Packet Service packet, sailing from Falmouth. She was lost in 1833.

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

History
United Kingdom
NameThais
Ordered25 March 1823
BuilderPembroke Dockyard
Laid downJuly 1828
Launched12 October 1829
CompletedJune 1832
FateLost, December 1833
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeCherokee-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen23064⁄94 bm
Length
  • 90 ft (27.4 m) (gundeck)
  • 72 ft 3 in (22.0 m) (keel)
Beam24 ft 8 in (7.5 m)
Draught9 ft (2.7 m)
Depth11 ft (3.4 m)
Sail planBrig
Complement
  • RN:52
  • Packet:21
Armament
  • RN:2 × 6-pounder guns + 8 × 18-pounder carronades
  • Packet:2 × 9-pounder guns

Career

Thais replaced HMS Zephyr at Falmouth, serving as a Post Office packet.

Thais, Lieutenant Charles Church, sailed from Falmouth on 12 December 1833, bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was last seen southwest of Ireland. In March and April 1834, her wreckage washed ashore at Galway, Ireland. It is presumed that she foundered soon after her last sighting.[2][3]

A letter by a Capt. King, presumably found in the wreckage, reported that by 24 December she was at 50°00′N 16°8′W, heading northward with the wind WNW.[4]

Citations
  1. Winfield (2014), p. 247.
  2. Hepper (1994), p. 161.
  3. Phillips (2014).
  4. Pawlyn (2003), p. 132.

References
  • Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
  • Pawlyn, Tony (2003). The Falmouth Packets, 1689–1851. Truran. ISBN 9781850221753.
  • 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817–1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-169-4.
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