HMS Thunderer (1831)

Thunderer launched at Woolwich on 22 September 1831 (with inset a view of the New Basin)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Thunderer
Ordered	23 January 1817
Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down	April 1823
Launched	22 September 1831
Renamed	HMS Comet, 1869 HMS Nettle, 1870
Fate	Sold to be broken up, 1901
Notes	Hulked, 1863
General characteristics [1]
Class & type	Canopus-class ship of the line
Tons burthen	2255 bm
Length	193 ft 10 in (59.08 m) (gundeck)
Beam	52 ft 4.5 in (15.964 m)
Depth of hold	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Propulsion	Sails
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Complement	700 officers and men
Armament	84 guns: Gundeck: 28 × 32 pdrs, 2 × 68 pdr carronades Upper gundeck: 32 × 24 pdrs Quarterdeck: 6 × 24 pdrs, 10 × 32 pdr carronades Forecastle: 2 × 24 pdrs, 4 × 32 pdr carronades

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, p. 190.
2. "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36628. London. 3 December 1901. p. 6.

References

• Lavery, Brian (1984). The Ship of the Line. Vol. 1: The Development of the Battlefleet 1650-1850. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
• Winfield, Rif (2014). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1817–1863: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-169-4.
• Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS Thunderer. Retrieved 20 November 2007.

External links

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