HMS Thetis (1846)
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HMS Thetis was a 36-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. After nearly a decade of service with the British, she was transferred to Prussia in exchange for two steam gunboats. She served with the
SMS Thetis, the former HMS Thetis, circa 1867.
Preußische Fregatte SMS THETIS in ostasiatischen Gewässern um 1861. Gemälde von Lüder Arenhold 1905
Augustus Kuper
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Admiral Sir Augustus Leopold Kuper was a Royal Navy officer known for his commands in East Asia.
HMS Thetis (1846)
…February 1847 she ran aground at Lisbon, Portugal, and was ordered to Plymouth, Devon for repairs. From 3 July 1850 to February 1854, her captain was Augustus Kuper. Kuper commissioned her at Plymouth. On 24 September 1850, Thetis ran aground at Redden Point, Devon. She was refloated and towed in to Plymouth Sound…
Franco-Anglo-Japanese conference on the Semiramis, 2 July 1863. Forefront: French interpreter Frederik Blekman, Japanese interpreter. Background (from left to right): Three Japanese governors of Yokohama, Duchesne de Bellecourt, daimyō Sakai-Hida-no-Kami, Colonel Neale (British representative in Japan), Admiral Jaurès, Admiral Kuper