French ship Thétis

Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Thétis in honour of nereid and sea nymph Thetis:

Ships

Thétis (1697), a 44-gun ship of the line
Thétis (1705), a 40-gun frigate
Thétis (1722), a 26-gun frigate
Thétis (1752), a 26-gun Topaze-class frigate
Thétis (1788), a 40-gun Nimphe-class frigate
Thétis (1793), a 10-gun corvette
Thétis (1819), a 44-gun frigate
Thétis (1868), an Alma-class armoured corvette
Thétis (1916), a German-built Doris-class torpedo boat taken from the Greek Navy at Salamis Island in 1916.
Thétis (1920), a water tanker
Thétis (1929), a Circé-class submarine.
Thétis (1988), an experimental minesweeper.

Ships of the French Navy named Thétis

Battle between Thétis and HMS Amethyst on 10 November 1808

Model of Thétis (1819)

Notes and References

Notes

References

Bibliography

Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 436-437. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 2. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 467. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.

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