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.
| 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 [1] | |
| Class and type | Cherokee-class brig-sloop |
| Tons burthen | 23064⁄94 bm |
| Length | |
| Beam | 24 ft 8 in (7.5 m) |
| Draught | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Depth | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Sail plan | Brig |
| Complement |
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| Armament |
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Career
editThais 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 / 50.000°N 16.133°W, heading northward with the wind WNW.[4]
Citations
edit- ^ Winfield (2014), p. 247.
- ^ Hepper (1994), p. 161.
- ^ Phillips (2014).
- ^ Pawlyn (2003), p. 132.
References
edit- 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.