HMS Thunderer (1831)

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]

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Thunderer.

Thunderer launched at Woolwich on 22 September 1831 (with inset a view of the New Basin)
History
UK
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 and 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

She was hulked in 1863 as a target ship at Portsmouth.[1] Thunderer was renamed twice in quick succession: first in 1869 to Comet, 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 (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.


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