HMS Thais (1829)

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

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
Class and type	Cherokee-class brig-sloop
Tons burthen	23064⁄94 bm
Length	90 ft (27.4 m) (gundeck) 72 ft 3 in (22.0 m) (keel)
Beam	24 ft 8 in (7.5 m)
Draught	9 ft (2.7 m)
Depth	11 ft (3.4 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	RN:52 Packet:21
Armament	RN:2 × 6-pounder guns + 8 × 18-pounder carronades Packet:2 × 9-pounder guns

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.

Career

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 seen southwest of Ireland. In March and April 1824, her wreckage washed ashore at Galway, Ireland. It is presumed that she foundered soon after her last sighting.

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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)