British Fifth Rate frigate 'Thalia' (1782)

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Thalia	7113
Nominal Guns	36	BWAS-1714
Nationality	Great Britain
Operator	Royal Navy
Ordered	19.12.1780	BWAS-1714
Keel Laid Down	3.1781	BWAS-1714
Named	15.8.1782	BWAS-1714
Launched	15.8.1782	BWAS-1714
First Commissioned	12.1782	BWAS-1714
How acquired	Purpose built	BWAS-1714
Shipyard	Bursledon - Hampshire	BWAS-1714
Ship Class	Flora Class (1778)	BWAS-1714
Designed by	John WilliamsBritish Designer Ship Builder Service 1762-1784	BWAS-1714
Constructor	John NowlanBritish Ship Builder	BWAS-1714
Category	Fifth Rate	BWAS-1714
Ship Type	Frigate	BWAS-1714
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	BWAS-1714
Broken Up	7.1814	BWAS-1714

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric EquivalentBWAS-1714
Length of Gundeck137' 1"Imperial Feet41.7583
Length of Keel113' 3 ¼"Imperial Feet34.4488
Breadth38' 3"Imperial Feet11.5919
Depth in Hold13' 3"Imperial Feet3.9878
Burthen881 ⁴⁷⁄₉₄Tons BM

Armament

15.8.1782Broadside Weight = 345 Imperial Pound ( 156.4578 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck12 British 1/2-Pound Swivel
Quarterdeck4 British 18-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck8 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle4 British 9-Pounder

7.1801Broadside Weight = 90 Imperial Pound ( 40.815 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck20 British 9-Pounder

3.1805Broadside Weight = 384 Imperial Pound ( 174.144 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck26 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck6 British 32-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck8 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle4 British 9-Pounder

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
6.11.1778260Design Complement

8 Ship Commanders

DatesRankNameSource
12.11.1782 - 16.4.1783Captain ADM 6/22/539BWAS-171421.9.1790Captain ADM 6/24/68ADM 6/248.1.1793 - 25.12.1794Captain Transfered ADM 6/24/192BWAS-17146.1795 - 1.1799CaptainBWAS-17141.1799 - 10.1800CaptainBWAS-17147.1801 - 5.1803CommanderBWAS-17143.1805 - 10.1807CaptainBWAS-171410.1807 - 11.1808CaptainBWAS-1714

1 Flag Officer

DatesRankNameSource
10.1807 - 1808Rear-Admiral of the BlueBWAS-1714

6 Commissioned Officers

DatesRankNameSource
30.11.1782 - 16.4.1783Second Lieutenant ADM 6/22/547ADM 6/228.1.1793 - 1793First Lieutenant ADM 6/24/192ADM 6/248.1.1793 - 1793Second Lieutenant ADM 6/24/192ADM 6/248.1.1793 - 1793Third Lieutenant ADM 6/24/192ADM 6/246.1795 - 6.1798First Lieutenantref:61630.12.1806 - 26.11.1811LieutenantNBD1849

2 Warrant Officers

DatesRankNameSource
17.3.1805 - 3.8.1806MasterADM 29-116.8.1809 - 29.11.1809MasterADM 29-1

1 Petty Officer

DatesRatingNameSource
12.1807 - 5.1812MidshipmanNBD1849

1 Crewman

DatesRatingNameSource
13.12.1782 - 6.4.1783Able SeamanADM 29/8

Service History

DateEventSource
9.11.1782Began coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
18.1.1783Completed coppering and fitting at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £8742.17.11dBWAS-1714
16.4.1783

Paid off

BWAS-1714
3.1790Began small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth BWAS-1714
12.1790Completed small repair at Portsmouth Dockyard - Portsmouth at a cost of £4550.0.0dBWAS-1714
20.2.1795Took the Brig
23.6.1795Action of Ile Groix
10.9.1797Took the Unrated
18.9.1797Took the Brig in the Mediterranean
5.2.1798Took the Brig BG
5.2.1798Took the Privateer
27.2.1798Took the Schooner being 40 leagues N. W. of Lisbon.BG
4.3.1798Took the Brig off the Rock of Lisbon .BG
22.5.1798Sailed for the MediterraneanBWAS-1714
29.6.1800Took the Privateer
12.12.1800Paid offADM 51
1.1801Began fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
5.1801Delivered to the Transport boardBWAS-1714
36.5.1801Refitted as a 20 gun Unrated Troop Ship
7.1801RecommissionedBWAS-1714
7.1801Completed fitting at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford at a cost of £11146.0.0dBWAS-1714
18.4.1803Refitted as a 36 gun Fifth Rate Frigate
5.1803Returned to the Navy and paid off into ordinaryBWAS-1714
8.1804Began repairs at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
3.1805RecommissionedBWAS-1714
4.1805Completed repairs at Deptford Dockyard - Deptford BWAS-1714
27.9.1805Sailed for the East IndiesBWAS-1714
29.10.1807Took the Privateer
20.4.1808Sailed for the Davis StraitBWAS-1714
30.3.1809Sailed for HalifaxBWAS-1714
17.5.1810Sailed for JamaicaBWAS-1714
23.7.1812Paid offADM 51
1813In ordinary at ChathamBWAS-1714
7.1814Broken up at ChathamBWAS-1714

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Posted by Jon Miller on Sunday 19th of July 2026 06:31

Prize Money: Thalia, Lively, and Alcmene – July 3d, at the Lamb, Lamb’s Conduit-street, for the re-capture of the Portuguese schooner the Flor de Mondego, Feb 7, 1798. Recall at the same place. [Portsmouth Telegraph 29 June 1801]

Posted by Jon Miller on Friday 12th of June 2026 03:18

Portsmouth: Arrived La Alias Laliabre, Spanish ship, laden with hides and tallow, prize to Admiral Mann’s squadron; and the Santa Catherina, laden with salt, prize to his Majesty’s ship Thalia, of 36 guns, Captain Lord Henry Poulett. [Hampshire Chronicle, 8 April 1797]

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