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	Thetis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In Greek mythology silver-footed Thetis is a sea nymph one of the fifty Nereids daughters of "the ancient one of seas " Nereus and Doris (Hesiod Theogony) a grand-daughter of Tethys.
		While most extant material about Thetis concerns role as mother of Achilles and while she is largely a of poetic fancy rather than cult worship in the historical period a few hints and references suggest an older layer the tradition where Thetis played a far central role in the religious practices and of certain Greeks.
		Apollodorus writes that Thetis was once courted both Zeus and Poseidon - she was given to the Peleus only because of the prophecy by Themis or Prometheus that her son would excel his Quintus of Smyrna writes that Thetis once Zeus from chains perhaps at the hands Typhon.
	www.freeglossary.com /Hetis (874 words)

	HMS THETIS & THUNDERBOLT
		Thetis was equipped with two escape chamber, one right forward the other right aft, she also carried sufficient Deep Sea Escape Apparatus (D.S.E.A) for all 103 on board.
		Thetis settled on the bottom 160 feet below the surface and unknown to anyone 1 mile away from her escort on the surface, who by now was convinced something had gone horribly wrong with the dive.
		Thetis was raised to the surface on September 2nd, 12 weeks since she was last seen above the water.
	www.angelfire.com /co3/submarinethetis/thetis.htm (1788 words)

	HMS Thetis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The second Thetis was a 44-gun fifth-rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1767.
		The sixth Thetis was an 8-gun schooner purchased in 1796.
		The ninth Thetis was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in 1846 and transferred to Prussia in 1855.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Thetis (293 words)

	HMS Thetis (N25) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMS Thetis (N25) was a Group 1 T-class submarine of the Royal Navy which sank on 1 June 1939 with the loss of 99 lives.
		She was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, England and launched on June 29, 1938.
		The torpedo tubes on British submarines were afterwards equipped with a Thetis clip, one of the modifications introduced as a result of the accident.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMS_Thetis_(N25) (511 words)

	AccSubm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Thetis headed out to Liverpool Bay she was headed by the Liverpool Screw Towing and Lighterage Company's tug Grebecock to act as escort during the trials.
		The rear door can then be opened.Unfortunately for HMS Thetis during the painting and enameling these inspection holes did not seem to have been plugged before enameling and were painted over creating a seal in the inspection plugs.
		One hour after daylight a searching plane noticed a fl object sticking out of the waterand finally confirmed that HMS Thetis had been found, the time was 0745, 18 hours since her dive and at the estimated limit that men could survive in Thetis.
	www.histarmar.com.ar /InfGral/SubmarinosAcc/HMsThetis.htm (2621 words)

	HMS Thetis Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		HMS Thetis was an Apollo 2nd class protected cruiser launched on December 13 1890.
		The Group 1 T Class submarine HMS Thetis was built by Cammell Laird in Liverpool, England and launched on June 29 1938.
		The crew waited before abandoning the vessel until it had been discovered by HMS Brazen, a destroyer which had been sent to search for it and which indicated her presence by dropping small explosive charges into the water.
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/h/hm/hms_thetis.html (469 words)

	British Submarines of World War Two - HMS/M Thetis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Thetis had almost double the number of personnel on board that she would usually have.
		These visitors came to Thetis to see, learn, watch, observe, test, adjust and to enjoy a new build submarine...for Thetis was on trials and on her way to her maiden dive at sea.
		She was also a little too high in the water on one side when compared to the other...in other words she was not truly floating upright at the correct level...she was too light....so a proper 'trim' had not been set before leaving port.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /chalcraft/sm/thetis.html (1118 words)

	Thetis - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Thetis, in Greek mythology, the daughter of the sea divinities Nereus and Doris, and the most famous of the Nereids.
		The loss of HMS Thetis, reported in The Times of June 2, 1939, is the worst British submarine disaster in history.
		He was the son of the sea nymph Thetis and Peleus, king of the...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/searchdetail.aspx?q=Thetis&pg=1&grp=art (231 words)

	Thetis Island, British Columbia, Canada
		In Greek mythology, Thetis was a Neriad, a sea nymph, and daughter of Zeus.
		Thetis Island and Kuper Island were originally joined by mud flats until 1905, when a passage was dredged to allow boat traffic to pass, now known as Canoe Pass.
		Thetis Island is served by a direct seaplane service from Vancouver and Victoria, and BC Ferries operates a scheduled vehicle and passenger ferry service from Chemainus to Thetis and Kuper Island, with a minimum of 10 daily round trip circular sailings.
	www.britishcolumbia.com /regions/towns/?townID=100 (913 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Destroyer HMS Ashanti of the Tribal class
		Luckily, HMS Ashanti was the only Tribal to make a special journey to her namesakes, the country of Ghana in Africa and specifically an area known as the Gold Coast.
		As part of the 6th Destroyer Flotilla (D.F.), Ashanti was ordered to the Irish Sea on 1st June when it was reported that the submarine HMS Thetis had failed to surface during her sea trials.
		While berthing along HMS Renown, the destroyer chipped one of her propellers on the battlecruiser’s bilge keel.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/4230.html (1706 words)

	uboat.net - Allied Warships - Submarine HMS Thunderbolt of the T class
		HMS Thetis was commissioned on 4 March 1939.
		Thetis was salvaged, repaired and commissioned as HMS Thunderbolt on 26 October 1940.
		HMS Thunderbold was reported overdue on 28 March 1943.
	uboat.net /allies/warships/ship/3485.html (417 words)

	HMS Hazard Halcyon Class Minesweeper
		At the outbreak of war HMS HAZARD was in Scotland.
		In the Firth of Clyde at the end of November 1939 she fouled an obstruction in the swept channel and consequently spent January/February 1940 refitting at Grangemouth.
		HMS HAZARD spent the first three months of 1943 escorting the convoys in Icelandic waters but in May sailed for the Mediterranean to take part in the invasion of Sicily in July.
	www.halcyon-class.co.uk /Hazard/hms_hazard.htm (753 words)

	HMS Mashona
		After that, Mashona was dispatched to the Irish Sea and became involved in the HMS Thetis disaster.
		In September 1939, the submarine HMS Spearfish was severely damaged by enemy action while operating in the German Bight.
		In the ensuing confusion, Mashona collided with HMS Sikh that was moored at a buoy near a floating dock.
	www.hmscavalier.org.uk /G59 (878 words)

	HMS Thetis born and died on the River Mersey 1/6/39
		HMS Thetis born and died on the River Mersey 1/6/39
		These visitors came to Thetis to see, learn, watch, observe, test, adjust and to enjoy a new build submarine, for Thetis was on trials and on her way to her maiden dive at sea.
		Thetis could have been rescued, but for, and if had, or due to......all small errors which on their own would be a hindrance, came together in a fatal cocktail.
	www.mikekemble.com /ww2/britsubthetis.html (5696 words)

	BBC - North West Wales History - Thetis
		I went on HMS Conway at Bangor in 1942 and the chap who was courting the Captain's daughter Rosemary was a Lietenant Andrews who was eventually the 2nd in command of HMSThunderbolt - as the Thetis was renamed after being salvaged.
		HM Submarine 'Thetis' was lost on the outbreak of the greatest conflict the world has known, and her loss - tragic though it was - should be seen as significant.
		I was born and bred in Llangefni, Anglesey.
	www.bbc.co.uk /wales/northwest/sites/history/pages/thetis.shtml (2223 words)

	Submarine losses 1904 to present day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Light-cruiser HMS Blonde was heading K1, K3, K4 and K7 in line ahead off the Danish coast when she was forced to turn sharply to port to avoid three cruisers, that crossed her bows from starboard to port.
		HMS Undine was on her fourth war patrol in January 1940 when her asdic failed due to a leak.
		In October 1940 HMS Rainbow was on patrol in the Mediterranean, operating in the Gulf of Taranto and later in the Gulf of Otranto.
	www.rnsubmus.co.uk /general/losses.htm (11966 words)

	HMS Thetis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The waited before abandoning the vessel until it been discovered by HMS Brazen a destroyer which had been sent to search it and which indicated her presence by small explosive charges into the water.
		The submarine was subsequently salvaged and repaired commissioned as HMS Thunderbolt.
		This is a which allows a torpedo tube door to opened a small amount in case it open to the sea at the bow Once it is clear that no flooding occur the latch can be released and door fully opened.
	www.freeglossary.com /HMS_Thetis (838 words)

	Royal Naval and Commonwealth Navies Ship List - HMS Thetis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The weather was so thick, that as they worked out of the harbour, the islands at its entrance were not visible; but as the evening was tolerably fine, with the exception of the fog, Captain Burgess determined to persevere in his course.
		Before them, and almost hidden by the white foam, lay the once noble frigate, now a complete wreck; the cove into which she had drifted was bound by lofty and precipitous crags, arising abruptly from the sea, and varying in height from 80 to 194 feet.
		Drake, the purser of the Thetis, was amongst the first sent off to the village, with directions to despatch a sufficient quantity of provisions for the people on the rock; but after making two or three trips between the parties, Mr.
	www.royal-navy.org /shiplist/content/view/104/27 (3423 words)

	Kuper Island, British Columbia, Canada
		British sailors surveying the area in 1851 cruised into a tiny group of five unnamed islands in the Strait of Georgia, naming the two largest Kuper and Thetis, after their Captain Augustus Leopold Kuper R.N. (1809-1885) and his frigate, HMS Thetis, a 36-gun Royal Navy frigate on the Pacific Station between 1851 and 1853.
		BC Ferries operates a scheduled vehicle and passenger ferry service from Chemainus to Thetis Island and Kuper Island, with a minimum of 10 daily round trip circular sailings.
		Immediately north of Kuper is Thetis Island, a relaxing retreat, especially popular in the summer.
	www.britishcolumbia.com /regions/towns/?townID=3994 (1008 words)

	Birkenhead Priory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Birkenhead Priory, Priory Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England was founded about 1150 for the Benedictines, the parts that remain are open to the public.
		St Mary's Tower has been dedicated to those who died on HMS Thetis.
		In 1317 the monks from the Priory were granted ferry right by Edward II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Birkenhead_Priory (168 words)

	Gulf Islands
		Named Indian Island by Captain Richards in 1859, it was renamed to Norway Island by Captain John F. Parry of the HMS Egeria in 1905.
		Named after the HMS Pylades in 1859, which was commanded by Michael De Courcy.
		Thetis Island : Thetis is located north of Salt Spring Island, next to Kuper Island, and can be accessed using BC Ferries.
	www.liread.com /otherisl.htm (1265 words)

	Thetis
		Ray Murphy together with 33 other members of the Association, were invited by the Anglsey branch of the Royal Naval Association to a commemoration ceremony at Holyhead.
		The ceremony on June 6th marks the 60th anniversary of the loss of the men on board HMS Thetis in 1939.
		See the up-dated version of"The Admiralty Regrets with forward by the son of Leading Stoker Walter Arnold one of the four that escaped from the stricken submarine as she lay on the bottom in 1939.
	indigo.ie /~mattcom/thetis.htm (2033 words)

	Thetis submarine
		Captain Charlie Brock was the Wreckmaster for the Thetis and my father was part of the team which was involved in endeavours to save the lives of those unfortunate people trapped in the submarine.
		Thetis now perpetually sleeps, 3,000 feet down, with the bodies of one crew and the spirit of a former crew, each united with one another in the only home that a submariner can know, his boat.
		This new edition contains a new forward by Derek Arnold, a son of a Thetis survivor as well as previously unpublished photos and documents, such as this telegram, a Menu from the on-board buffet and a photo of a Dhan Buoy on the stricken Thetis.
	www.cyber-heritage.co.uk /thetis/subs.htm (4649 words)

	HMS / M Thetis Memorial, Holyhead - Anglesey & North Wales - UK Attraction
		The HMS Thetis should have been one of the world’s most impressive submarines but during its diving trials in the Liverpool Bay the stricken sub sank with over one hundred crew and dignitaries onboard.
		There were only two survivors and when Thetis was eventually salvaged a memorial was built in the tranquil haven of Holyhead Cemetery.
		As a town full of maritime history, this memorial is well worth a visit, if only to be humbled by the sheer number of victims listed on the headstone.
	www.ukattraction.com /north-wales/hms-m-thetis-memorial.htm (218 words)

	ALBERT EDWARD YATES:A Victim of the Loss of H.M. Submarine "Thetis" for which "The Admiralty Regrets."
		ALBERT EDWARD YATES: Born 19.10.12, Died 1.6.39 - Age 26, A Victim of the Loss of H.M. Submarine "Thetis" for which, as it was said "The Admiralty Regrets"....
		Once his training was to finish Albert was to join the crew of HMS Thetis.
		Listening to stories about him from his surviving relatives he was a proud man, proud of his roots, a very likable man, well respected by all who knew him, a great sense of humour and to his brothers and sisters a big tease.
	www.cyberheritage.org /thetisyates (530 words)

	Moving Parts: Rejects Revenge - Out of the Blue - Midlands Arts Centre - macarts.co.uk
		On a hot summer's day in 1939 the newly built submarine HMS Thetis sailed down the Mersey for a final day of tests and dives.
		On board were twice the number of men the sub was built to hold but this was a day for celebration, a bit of a jolly for those who built her and those who would sail her.
		As the Thetis took its final dive for the day none were to know that a tiny speck of enamel paint would begin a seemingly unstoppable chain of events leading to tragedy.
	www.macarts.co.uk /?page=event.html&id=778 (428 words)

	HMS Apollo Aeolus Andromache Brilliant Indefatigable Intrepid Iphigenia Latona Melampus Naiad Pique Rainbow Retribution ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		HMS Apollo Aeolus Andromache Brilliant Indefatigable Intrepid Iphigenia Latona Melampus Naiad Pique Rainbow Retribution Sappho Scylla Sirius Spartan Sybille Terpsichore Thetis Tribune
		HMS Naiad after conversion to a minelayer complete with mine rails visible in the stern.
		The class were in the process of being scrapped when the war started but seven of the class were converted to minelayers and carried up to 150 mines at the cost of having their gun armament reduced.
	www.worldwar1.co.uk /light-cruiser/hms-apollo.html (527 words)

	HMS Hampshire
		This is a biography page dedicated to Fredrick Sims one of only 12 sailors who survived the sinking of the HMS Hampshire on the 5th June 1916.
		He joined HMS Hampshire - January 1914 in China, he took part in the chase of the cruiser Emden and saw action at Dogger Bank and Jutland (I am unsure if this was on board HMS Hampshire here).
		Frederick married Lydia Thomas in 1919 while serving on HMS Victory.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /janestorey/Frederick%20Sims.htm (307 words)

	World War 2 - My research results.
		HMS Kite is slightly different, you must contact me first.
		How she was raised, renamed and fought on as HMS Thunderbolt.
		The U 344 is the one sank HMS Kite, the only "success" of its career.
	www.mikekemble.com /ww2/ww2index.html (2386 words)

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