HMS Thisbe (1783)
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Thisbe at sea in a hurricane on 23 August 1798
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 Great Britain |
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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 & type: | Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate |
| Tons burthen: | 596 57⁄94 (bm) |
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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 |
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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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Thisbe on fire on 4 January 1786, caused by a lightning strike.
Nicholas Matthew Condy
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
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 21077. pp. 791–792. 15 March 1850.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 17915. p. 633. 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.
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