HMS Thais (1829)

HMS Thais was a 10-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
Class and type Cherokee-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 and fate

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

Thais sailed from Falmouth on 12 December 1833, bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was last reported to have been off the south-west of Ireland. In March and April 1824 wreckage from Thais washed ashore at Galway, Ireland. It was presumed that Thais had foundered soon after her last sighting.[1]

Citations
  1. Hepper (1994), p. 161.

References
  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
  • Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
  • 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.
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