HMS Thetis

Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Thetis by Thetis, a figure of Greek mythology

The first HMS Thetis was an armed transport ship with 22 cannons, which launched in 1717.
The second HMS Thetis was a frigate of 44 guns, which was launched in 1747 and in 1767 sold for demolition.
The third HMS Thetis was a frigate of 32 guns, which was launched in 1773 and was lost in 1783 in the Caribbean in St. Lucia by shipwreck.
The fourth HMS Thetis was a frigate of 32 guns, which was launched in 1782 and in 1814 sold for demolition.
The fifth HMS Thetis was a light frigate with 24 cannons, which was launched in 1796.
The seventh HMS Thetis was a brig of 10 guns, which launched in 1810.
The eighth HMS Thetis was a frigate with 46 cannons, which launched in 1817 and 1830 was lost by shipwreck in the South Atlantic off Cape Frio in Rio de Janeiro.
The ninth HMS Thetis was a frigate with 36 cannons, which launched in 1846 and was issued in 1855 to Prussia.
The tenth HMS Thetis was a Corvette with screw drive, which was launched in 1871 and in 1887 sold for demolition.
The eleventh HMS Thetis was a protected cruiser of the Apollo class, was launched in 1890 and sunk in 1918 during an attack on Zeebrugge to block the harbor entrance.
The twelfth HMS Thetis was a submarine of the T -Class, launched in 1938 and 1939, Liverpool fell in trials, in which 99 men died. The boat was lifted, as HMS Thunderbolt into service and sunk by the Italian corvette Cicogna north of Sicily in 1943.

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