HMS Thunderer
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Eight ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy
have been called HMS Thunderer:
was a 74-gun third-rate
launched in 1760. She was wrecked in 1780 was a 14-gun ketch
launched in 1776. She sank on Lake Champlain in 1777. was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1783 and broken up in 1814
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have been called HMS Thunderer:
was a 74-gun third-rate
Third-rate
In the British Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks . Years of experience proved that the third rate ships embodied the best compromise between sailing ability , firepower, and cost...
launched in 1760. She was wrecked in 1780 was a 14-gun ketch
Ketch
A ketch is a sailing craft with two masts: a main mast, and a shorter mizzen mast abaft of the main mast, but forward of the rudder post. Both masts are rigged mainly fore-and-aft. From one to three jibs may be carried forward of the main mast when going to windward...
launched in 1776. She sank on Lake Champlain in 1777. was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1783 and broken up in 1814
- HMS ThundererHMS Talavera (1818)HMS Talavera was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 October 1818 at Woolwich Dockyard. She was named for the British/Spanish victory at the Battle of Talavera.She was destroyed by fire in 1840....
was to have been a 74-gun third-rate, but she was renamed HMS TalaveraHMS Talavera (1818)HMS Talavera was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 15 October 1818 at Woolwich Dockyard. She was named for the British/Spanish victory at the Battle of Talavera.She was destroyed by fire in 1840....
in 1817, prior to her launch in 1818 was an 84-gun second-rateSecond-rateIn the British Royal Navy, a second rate was a ship of the line which by the start of the 18th century mounted 90 to 98 guns on three gun decks; earlier 17th century second rates had fewer guns and were originally two-deckers or had only partially armed third gun decks. The term in no way implied...
launched in 1831. She was used as a target from 1863, was renamed HMS Comet in 1869, HMS Nettle in 1870, and was finally sold in 1901 was an Devastation class battleshipDevastation class battleshipThe two British Devastation-class battleships of the 1870s were the first class of ocean-going capital ship that did not carry sails, and the first which mounted the entire main armament on top of the hull rather than inside it...
launched in 1872 and sold in 1909 was an Orion classOrion class battleshipThe Orion class battleships were four super-dreadnoughts — the first ships of that type — of the Royal Navy. The lead ship, , was launched in 1910. They were the first Royal Navy dreadnoughts to have all their main guns in the centreline, although the U.S. South Carolina class had this advanced...
battleship launched in 1911, sold in 1926 and broken up in 1927 - HMS Thunderer was to have been a Lion classLion class battleshipThe Lion class battleships were a class of six fast battleships designed for the Royal Navy in the late 1930s. They were a larger, improved version of the King George V class with guns. Only two ships were laid down before World War II began in September 1939 and a third was ordered during the...
battleship. She was ordered in 1939, but work was suspended in 1942, and she was finally cancelled in 1944 - HMS Thunderer was the name given to the Royal Naval Engineering CollegeRoyal Naval Engineering CollegeThe Royal Naval Engineering College was a specialist establishment for the training of Royal Navy engineers. It was founded as Keyham College in 1880, new buildings were opened in Manadon in 1940 and the old college site at Keyham closed in 1958...
, located at Keyham, and later ManadonManadonManadon is an area in Plymouth, England. It has two primary schools, St Boniface's Catholic College , and is home to the Manadon interchange, on the A38 road....
. The college had been founded in 1880, but was commissioned as HMS Thunderer in 1946, and finally paid off in 1995