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HMS Thetis (1890)

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in early June 1901, and was placed in the Fleet reserve. She was commissioned at Chatham on 25 November 1902 with a complement of 273 officers and men for service on the
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The latter half of her career was spent as a mine-layer. Laden with concrete, she was
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in the harbour at Zeebrugge outside the mouth of the ship canal, 24 October 1918
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on 13 December 1890. Her first significant mission was service in the
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HMS Thetis

J & G Thomson
Clydebank
Zeebrugge Raid
Apollo-class
protected cruiser
QF 6-inch (152.4 mm) guns
QF 4.7-inch (120 mm) guns
6-pounder
3-pounder
Maxim machine guns
torpedo tubes
mines
deck
belt
Apollo-class
protected cruiser
Royal Navy
launched
Bering Sea Patrol
suppress
poaching
Bering Sea
Mediterranean Station
Chatham
China Station
deliberately sunk
blockship
Zeebrugge Raid

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