French frigate Thétis (1819)

For other ships with the same name, see French ship Thétis.

Model of Thétis on display at the Musée de la Marine de Rochefort
History
France
Name	Thétis
Namesake	Thetis
Builder	Toulon
Laid down	1814
Launched	3 May 1819
Out of service	13 December 1853
Fate	Broken up 1866
General characteristics
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	44 guns

Thétis was a 44-gun frigate of the French Navy.

Career

Commissioned in Toulon on 8 March 1822, Thétis crossed to Brest in late 1822. From December 1822 to October 1823, she cruised the Caribbean before circumnavigating the planet, under Captain Hyacinthe de Bougainville. From 1824 to 1826, she served in the Indian Ocean along with Espérance, again sailing around the globe.

Thétis took part in the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. From 1832 to 1847, she was in various states of commission, and from 1851 she was used as a schoolship for cabin boys. In 1865, she was renamed to Laninon (to free up the name for the armoured corvette Thétis) and used as a coal depot.

The ship was broken up in 1866.

References

• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. p. 437. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Winfield, Rif; Roberts, Stephen S. (2015). French warships in the age of sail, 1786-1861. Barnsley: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-184832-204-2.