HMS Thisbe (1783)

Thisbe at sea in a hurricane on 23 August 1798
History
Great Britain
Name:	HMS Thisbe
Ordered:	23 February 1782
Builder:	Thomas King, Dover
Laid down:	September 1782
Launched:	25 November 1783
Completed:	19 April 1784
Commissioned:	December 1787
Honours and awards:	Naval General Service Medal with clasp "Egypt"
Fate:	Sold to be broken up, 9 August 1815
General characteristics
Class and type:	Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate
Tons burthen:	596 57⁄94 (bm)
Length:	120 ft 6 in (36.73 m) (gundeck) 99 ft 5 3⁄8 in (30.312 m) (keel)
Beam:	33 ft 7 in (10.24 m)
Depth of hold:	11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Sail plan:	Full-rigged ship
Complement:	200 officers and men
Armament:	Gundeck: 24 ×  9-pounder guns QD: 4 ×  6-pounder guns + 4 x  18-pounder carronades Fc: 2 x  18-pounder carronades

HMS Thisbe was a 28-gun Enterprise-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. 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 authorized in 1850 to all surviving claimants.