HMS Thunderer (1831)
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| Name: | HMS Thunderer |
| Ordered: | 23 January 1817 |
| Builder: | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Laid down: | April 1823 |
| Launched: | 22 September 1831 |
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| Fate: | Sold, 1901 |
| Notes: | Hulked, 1863 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Canopus-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 2255 tons (2291.2 tonnes)[1] |
| Length: | 193 ft 10 in (59.1 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 52 ft 4.5 in (15.96 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 22 ft 6 in (6.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Complement: | 700 officers and men |
| Armament: |
84 guns:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Thunderer.
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.
She was hulked in 1863 as a target ship at Portsmouth. Thunderer was renamed twice in quick succession: first in 1869 to Comet, and again in 1870 to Nettle. HMS Nettle was sold in 1901.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Lavery, p190.
[edit] 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.
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