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''Thétis'' was a 40-gun ''Nymphe''-class frigate of the French Navy. From 1790, she served in various diplomatic missions in the Indian Ocean, before returning for a refit in Brest in 1793. From 1795, she was shuttled from France to Guadeloupe. She took part in the Invisible Squadron of Zacharie Allemand, before returning to Martinique along with the 16-gun brig ''Lynx''. On 17 December 1806, ''Thétis'' and the brig ''Sylphe'' captured . The French sold ''Netley'' and she became the privateer ''Duquesne''. Less than nine months later, on 23 September 1807, HMS ''Blonde'' captured ''Dusquesne''. (The ''Chroniques de la Marine Française'' report that in 1807, ''Thétis'' captured an 18-gun brig named ''Methly''.〔(''Chroniques de la Marine Française'' ), Fulgence Girard & Jules Lecomte, tome 5, p. 21. Paris, 1837.〕 This may be a slightly garbled reference to the capture of ''Netley'', there being no Royal Navy vessel named ''Methly''.) HMS ''Amethyst'' captured ''Thétis'' off Lorient in the Action of 10 November 1808.〔(HMS Amethyst and "Thetis" )〕 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 Vaisseau'' Jacques Pinsum, and 102 wounded. The Royal Navy took her into service as HMS ''Brune''. ''Brune'' was broken up in 1838. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「French frigate Thétis (1788)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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