 Capture of the Thétis by HMS Amethyst on 10 November 1808, byThomas Whitcombe | |
| History | |
|---|---|
.svg)   France | |
| Name | Thétis |
| Ordered | 4 November 1786 |
| Builder | Brest |
| Laid down | September 1785 |
| Launched | 16 June 1788 |
| Captured | 10 November 1808 |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | Brune[1] |
| Stricken | 1838 |
| Fate | Broken up 1838 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Nymphe-classfrigate |
| Displacement | 1,423tonneaux |
| Tons burthen | 744port tonneaux |
| Length | 46.9 m (154 ft) |
| Beam | 11.9 m (39 ft) |
| Height | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament |
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Thétis was a 40-gunNymphe-classfrigate of theFrench Navy.
From 1790, she served in various diplomatic missions in the Indian Ocean, before returning for a refit inBrest in 1793. From 1795, she was shuttled from France toGuadeloupe. She took part in theInvisible Squadron ofZacharie Allemand, before returning to Martinique along with the 16-gun brigLynx.
On 17 December 1806,Thétis and the brigSylphe capturedHMS Netley. The French soldNetley and she became theprivateerDuquesne. Less than nine months later, on 23 September 1807, HMSBlonde capturedDusquesne. (TheChroniques de la Marine Française report that in 1807,Thétis captured an 18-gun brig namedMethly.[3] This may be a slightly garbled reference to the capture ofNetley, there being no Royal Navy vessel namedMethly.)
HMS Amethyst capturedThétis off Lorient in theaction of 10 November 1808.[4] British casualties in the engagement were severe, with 19 killed and 51 wounded, but French losses were several times larger, with 135 dead, including her commander,Capitaine de VaisseauJacques Pinsum, and 102 wounded.[2] The Royal Navy took her into service asHMSBrune.
Brune was broken up in 1838.
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