HMS Thisbe (1783)
Appearance
![]() Thisbe at sea in a hurricane on 23 August 1798
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History | |
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Name | HMS Thisbe |
Ordered | 23 February 1782 |
Builder | Thomas King, Dover |
Laid down | September 1782 |
Launched | 25 November 1783 |
Completed | 19 April 1784 |
Commissioned | December 1787 |
Honours and awards | Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"[1] |
Fate | Sold to be broken up, 9 August 1815 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate |
Tons burthen | 596 57⁄94 (bm) |
Length |
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Beam | 33 ft 7 in (10.24 m) |
Depth of hold | 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Complement | 200 officers and men |
Armament |
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HMS Thisbe was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Thisbe first was commissioned in December 1787 under the command of Captain George Robertson.
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Nicholas Matthew Condy
Because Thisbe served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 2 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the Admiralty authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants.[Note 1]
Notes, citations, and references
- Notes
- Citations
- ^ "No. 21077". The London Gazette. 15 March 1850.
- ^ "No. 17915". The London Gazette. 3 April 1823.
- References
- Robert Gardiner, The First Frigates, Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. ISBN 0-85177-601-9.
- David Lyon, The Sailing Navy List, Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. ISBN 0-85177-617-5.
- Rif Winfield, British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1714 to 1792, Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.