HMS Thais (1829)

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	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.

Thais 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 / 50.000; -16.133, heading northward with the wind WNW.^[4]

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