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HBMS Thunderer (1783)

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Thunderer, 74 Guns

Details
Nationality British
Ordered 1781/07/23 B064
Laid Down 1782/03/00 B064
Launched 1783/11/13 B028
Shipyard Deptford B028
Design Class Modified Culloden Class (1781)
Designer John Henslow B064
Constructor John & William Wells B028
Rate Third Rate
Type Ship of the Line
Out Service 1814/03 B028
Fate Broken Up B028
Dimensions
B064   Type Metric
Length of Gundeck 170' 8" Imperial Feet 52.02
Length of Keel 139' 5" Imperial Feet 42.49
Breadth 47' 7" Imperial Feet 14.5
Depth in Hold 19' 11" Imperial Feet 6.07
Draught Forward 13' 0" Imperial Feet 3.96
Draught Aft 18' 4" Imperial Feet 5.59
Burthen 1,6791/94 Tons BM
Armament
1793 B057 Broadside Weight = 781
Lower Gun Deck 28 British 32-Pounder
Upper Gun Deck 28 British 18-Pounder
Quarterdeck 14 British 9-Pounder
Forecastle 4 British 9-Pounder
Crew Complement
Date Men Notes Source
1793 600 Establishment B057
Flag Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1796/01 1797 Rear-Admiral Hugh Cloberry Christian B057
Commanders
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1796 1797/02 Post Captain James Ballard B057
1796/01 1797/02 Post Captain James Ballard B057
1797/02 1797/07 Commander William Ogilvy B057
1797/07 1798/05 Post Captain William Ogilvy B057
1799/01 1799/05 Post Captain John Crawley B057
1800/07 1801/04 Post Captain Robert Mends B057
1801/04 1801/04 Post Captain Henry Bayntun B057
1801/04 1801/08 Post Captain Henry Vansittart B057
1801/08 1801/09 Post Captain John Delafons B057
1801/09 1801/11 Post Captain Solomon Ferris B057
1803/03 1805/02 Post Captain William Bedford B057
1805/04 1805/10 Post Captain William Lechmere B057
1805/10 1805/10 Lieutenant John Stockham B057
1805/10 1805/10 Commander Thomas Searle B057
1806/03 1806/04 Post Captain William Lukin B057
1806/04 1808/11 Post Captain John Talbot B057
Petty Officers
Date From Date to Rank/Position Name Source
1806/09 1807/12/21 Midshipman Whitwell Butler B080
Service Record
Date Notes Source
1783/12/07 Completed at Deptford at a cost of £2,191.12.9d for fitting B057
1784/05/04 Completed at Woolwich at a cost of £3,938 including coppering B057
1792/10 Started a middling repair at Chatham B057
1793/02 Commissioned for the Channel B057
1794/02 Completed repair at a cost of £21,529 B057
1797/04/14 In company with Valiant destroyed the Harmonie B057
1801/06 Started fitting at Chatham B057
1801/08 Completed fitting at a cost of £17,821 B057
1801/11 Paid off B057
1803/03 Recommissioned B057
1803/05/28 In company with Minotaur and Albion took the 20-gun **Franchise** in the Channel B057
1803/07/26 Took the privateer **Venus** in the Channel B057
1805/02 Paid off B057
1805/03 Started refitting at Plymouth B057
1805/04 Recommissioned B057
1805/06 Completed refitting at Plymouth B057
1806/03/12 Took the 14-gun privateer **San Christo del Paldo** off Cadiz B057
1807/02 In the Dardanelles B057
1808 With Strachan's squadron off Rochefort B057
1808/11 Paid off into ordinary at Chatham B057
1814/03 Broken up at Chatham B057
Fleets
Fleet Title Commander Date From Date To Source
No Fleets Listed
Actions & Battles
Date Source
1794/06/01 Glorious 1st of June
1805/07/22 3rd Battle of Cape Finisterre
1805/10/21 Battle of Trafalgar
Notes on Ship
No Notes Entered
Sources
Id Link or Description Author
B064 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793-1817 Rif Winfield
B028 Ships of the Royal Navy - Volume I J. J. Colledge
B057 British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714 - 1792 Rif Winfield
B080 A Naval Biographical Dictionary 1849 O'Brien

Last Updated :2009/03/21 at 15:01:49 by Cy

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