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==Service==
 
==Service==
 
''Thunderer'' was commissioned at Malta on 26 April, 1883 for service in the Mediterranean.
 
''Thunderer'' was commissioned at Malta on 26 April, 1883 for service in the Mediterranean.
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Commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 March, 1891.{{NLMar92|p. 258}}
  
 
She was brought to full complement to participate in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]] under the command of Captain [[Herbert William Summer Gibson]].{{NMI|Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927}}{{NMI|Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938}}{{NMI|Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939}}
 
She was brought to full complement to participate in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]] under the command of Captain [[Herbert William Summer Gibson]].{{NMI|Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927}}{{NMI|Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938}}{{NMI|Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Stewart|nick=Walter Stewart|appt=17 August, 1886{{NLFeb88|p. 234}}|end=30 June, 1888}}
 
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Horace Hamond|nick=Richard H. Hamond|appt=11 April, 1891<ref>Hamond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}} f. 1001.</ref>|end=15 September, 1892<ref>Hamond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}} f. 1001.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Richard Horace Hamond|nick=Richard H. Hamond|appt=11 April, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 258}}<ref>Hamond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}} f. 1001.</ref>|end=15 September, 1892<ref>Hamond Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/14.}} f. 1001.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Harvey Boys|nick=Henry H. Boys|appt=29 August, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 261}}|end=25 October, 1894}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Harvey Boys|nick=Henry H. Boys|appt=29 August, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 261}}|end=25 October, 1894}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Home Chisholme St. Clair|nick=William H. C. St. Clair|appt=25 October, 1894<ref>St. Clair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1143.</ref>|end=2 March, 1896<ref>St. Clair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1143.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to C-in-C Nore and in command of R.N. Barracks, Sheerness}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Home Chisholme St. Clair|nick=William H. C. St. Clair|appt=25 October, 1894<ref>St. Clair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1143.</ref>|end=2 March, 1896<ref>St. Clair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/37.}}  f. 1143.</ref>|note=and as Flag Captain to C-in-C Nore and in command of R.N. Barracks, Sheerness}}

Revision as of 18:26, 23 August 2019

H.M.S. Thunderer (1872)
Builder: Pembroke Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: 26 Jun, 1869[2]
Launched: 25 Mar, 1872[3]
Completed: 26 May, 1877[4]
Sold: 1909[5]

H.M.S. Thunderer was one of two Devastation Class turret ships completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Thunderer was commissioned at Malta on 26 April, 1883 for service in the Mediterranean.

Commissioned at Portsmouth on 17 March, 1891.[6]

She was brought to full complement to participate in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1896 under the command of Captain Herbert William Summer Gibson.[7][8][9]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 23.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 23.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 23.
  4. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 23.
  5. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 23.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 258.
  7. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 26, 1896; pg. 7; Issue 34927.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jul 09, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34938.
  9. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 10, 1896; pg. 8; Issue 34939.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 241.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 234.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 258.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 258.
  14. ↑ Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1001.
  15. ↑ Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1001.
  16. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 261.
  17. ↑ St. Clair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1143.
  18. ↑ St. Clair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1143.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 268b.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 304.
  21. ↑ Blaxland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/128. f. 110.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 306.
  23. ↑ Blaxland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/128. f. 110.

Bibliography


Devastation Class Turret Ship
  Devastation Thunderer  


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