HMS Thunderer

HMS Thunderer

Eight ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been called HMS "Thunderer":

*HMS|Thunderer|1760|6 was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1760. She was wrecked in 1780
*HMS|Thunderer|1776|6 was a 14-gun ketch launched in 1776. She sank on Lake Champlain in 1777.
*HMS|Thunderer|1783|6 was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1783 and broken up in 1814
*HMS "Thunderer" was to have been a 74-gun third-rate, but she was renamed HMS "Talavera" in 1817, prior to her launch in 1818
*HMS|Thunderer|1831|6 was an 84-gun second-rate 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
*HMS|Thunderer|1872|6 was an "Devastation" class battleship launched in 1872 and sold in 1909
*HMS|Thunderer|1911|6 was an "Orion" class battleship launched in 1911, sold in 1926 and broken up in 1927
*HMS "Thunderer" was to have been a "Lion" class 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 College, located at Keyham, and later Manadon. The college had been founded in 1880, but was commissioned as HMS "Thunderer" in 1946, and finally paid off in 1995


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