HMS Thunderer (1831)

Ship of the line of the Royal Navy

The Thunderer, Man-of-War firing a Royal Salute on her Majesties arrival at Walmer Castle (1842) by Ebenezer Landells

HMS Thunderer was a two-deck 84-gun second rate ship of the line, a modified version of the Canopus/Formidable-class launched on 22 September 1831 at Woolwich Dockyard.^[1]

She was hulked in 1863 as a target ship at Portsmouth.^[1] Thunderer was renamed twice in quick succession: first in 1869 to Comet after (C / 1868 L1 Winnecke), and again in 1870 to Nettle. HMS Nettle was sold in December 1901 to Messrs. King & co, of Garston, to be broken up.^[2]

Notes

1. Lavery, Ships of the Line vol.1, p190.
2. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36628. London. 3 December 1901. p. 6.

References

• Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Thunderer. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
• Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

External links

• Media related to HMS Thunderer (ship, 1831) at Wikimedia Commons