HMS Thais (1829)

HMS Thais was a ten-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1829. She immediately became a Post Office Packet Service packet, sailing from Falmouth. She was lost in 1833.

Career
Thais replaced HMS Zephyr (1823) at Falmouth, serving as a Post Office packet.

Thais, Lieutenant Charles Church, sailed from Falmouth on 12 December 1833, bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was last seen southwest of Ireland. In March and April 1834, her wreckage washed ashore at Galway, Ireland. It is presumed that she foundered soon after her last sighting.

A letter by a Capt. King, presumably found in the wreckage, reported that by 24 December she was at 50°N, -16.13333°W, heading northward with the wind WNW.