HMS ''Thisbe'' was a 28-gun
sixth-rate
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frigate
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of the
Royal Navy
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.
Service
''Thisbe'' was first
commissioned in December 1787 under the command of Captain
George Robertson. Because ''Thisbe'' served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 2 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal that the
Admiralty
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authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants.
In 1804 ''Thisbe'' was in the Mediterranean. There she captured a privateer that she sent into Corfu. ''Thisbe'' also recaptured ''Wight'', Ford, master, which had been sailing from Zant to London when the privateer had captured her. ''Wight'' arrived at Portsmouth in September.
Notes
Citations
References
* Robert Gardiner, ''The First Frigates'', Conway Maritime Press, London 1992. .
* David Lyon, ''The Sailing Navy List'', Conway Maritime Press, London 1993. .
* Rif Winfield, ''
British Warships in the Age of Sail
''British Warships in the Age of Sail'' is a series of four books by maritime historian Rif Winfield comprising a historical reference work providing details of all recorded ships that served or were intended to serve in the (British) Royal Nav ...
, 1714 to 1792'', Seaforth Publishing, London 2007. .
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1783 ships
Sixth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy
Ships built in Kent