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Thais Class

General noteBWAS-1793
Very similar to teh Cormorant Class, but completed with a spar deck.
ReclassifiedBWAS-1793
the class was reclassiefied as Ship-Sloops in March 1803
Reclassified againBWAS-1793
The majority of the survivors were reclassified as 20-gun 6th rates in Early 1811 or 1812
Reclassified againBWAS-1793
All the remaining vessesl were reclassed as 24-gun sixth rates in February 1817

NationalityGreat Britain
Nominal Guns18
Approved1805
Designer 
RateUnrated
TypeFireship
Designed Crew121
Ships in Class6

Design ArmamentBroadside Weight = 273.00 Imperial Pound ( 123.81 kg)BWAS-1714
Upper Gun Deck16 x British 24-Pound Carronade
Quarterdeck6 x British 18-Pound Carronade
Forecastle2 x British 9-Pounder
Forecastle2 x British 18-Pound Carronade

Design Dimensions and Ship Information
 OrderedShipyardLaunchedOut of serviceFateGundeck LengthLength of KeelBreadthDepth in holdBurthen
As Designed     108' 9"90' 9 ⅝"29' 7"9' 0"421 6394
Thais (18) 1806-1818
British 18 Gun
Unrated Fireship
1.10.1805Dartmouth - Devon 19.8.180613.8.1818Sold108' 9"90' 9 ⅝"29' 10 ½"9' 0"431 794
Tartarus (18) 1806-1816
British 18 Gun
Unrated Fireship
1.10.1805Topsham - Devon 10.180615.2.1816Sold108' 9"90' 7"29' 8"9' 0"424
Lightning (18) 1806-1816
British 18 Gun
Unrated Fireship
1.10.1805Topsham - Devon 14.10.180628.8.1816Sold108' 9"90' 7"29' 7"9' 0"422
Prometheus (18) 1807-1852
British 18 Gun
Unrated Fireship
1839 Renamed "Veteran"
1.10.1805Southampton - Hampshire 27.3.18078.1852Broken Up109' 6"91' 4 ⅞"29' 9 ½"9' 0"431 4994
Comet (18) 1807-1815
British 18 Gun
Unrated Fireship
1.10.1805Bideford - Devon 25.4.180712.10.1815Sold109' 0"90' 11 ¾"29' 5 ½"9' 0"427
Erebus (18) 1807-1819
British 18 Gun
Unrated Fireship
1.10.1805Topsham - Devon 20.8.180722.7.1819Sold for Break Up108' 9"90' 6"29' 8"9' 0"424

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