- HMS Thunderer
Eight ships and one
shore establishment of theRoyal 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-gunketch 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-gunsecond-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 theRoyal Naval Engineering College , located atKeyham , and laterManadon . 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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