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Thetis (/ ˈ θ iː t ɪ s / THEEH-tiss, or / ˈ θ ɛ t ɪ s / THEH-tiss; Ancient Greek: Θέτις, romanized: Thétis pronounced) is a figure from Greek mythology with varying mythological roles. She mainly appears as a sea nymph , a goddess of water, and one of the 50 Nereids , daughters of the ancient sea god Nereus .
Thetis was launched in 1801 at Lancaster as a West Indiaman. In 1804, in single ship action , she repelled an attack by a French privateer. Between 1806 and 1808 she made two complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people.
Dionysus fled and took refuge with Thetis, and sent a drought which stirred the people to revolt. The god then drove King Lycurgus insane and had him slice his own son into pieces with an axe in the belief that he was a patch of ivy, a plant holy to Dionysus.
Articles relating to the goddess Thetis and her depictions. She is a figure from Greek mythology with varying mythological roles. She mainly appears as a sea nymph , a goddess of water, or one of the 50 Nereids , daughters of the ancient sea god Nereus .
In the morning, Thetis brings Achilles his new set of armor, only to find him weeping over Patroclus's body. Achilles arms for battle and rallies the Achaean warriors. Agamemnon gives Achilles all the promised gifts, including Briseis, but Achilles is indifferent to them. The Achaeans take their meal, but Achilles refuses to eat.
HDMS Thetis was a frigate of the Royal Danish Navy, which she served from 1842 to 1864. She is best known for being one of the ships that picked up some of the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen 's artworks and other belongings in Rome , some forty years after another Danish naval vessel by the same name had transported him the other way.
HMS Thetis (N25) was a Group 1 T-class submarine of the Royal Navy which sank during sea trials in Liverpool Bay, England on 1 June 1939. After being salvaged and repaired, the boat was recommissioned as HMS Thunderbolt in 1940.
A boat from Thetis came within an oar's length of Earl Fitzwilliam and hauled in as many crew members as it could. A midshipman from Thetis, with two sailors, rowed back and forth between the wreck and the larger boats that were standing off, and kept up his shuttle service until all the men still on board were rescued. On 21 March Thetis left ...