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==Service==
 
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''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}}
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She was brought to full complement to participate in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]] under the command of Captain [[Herbert William Sumner 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}}
  
 
==Captains==
 
==Captains==
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Thunderer''" nat="UK">
 
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of H.M.S. ''Thunderer''" nat="UK">
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Walter Stewart|nick=Walter Stewart|appt=17 August, 1886{{NLFeb88|p. 234}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Sedgfield Donner|nick=Charles S. Donner|appt=16 April, 1885<ref>Donner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1035.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=18 April, 1885<ref>Donner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1035.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Lewis Anthony Beaumont|nick=Lewis A. Beaumont|appt=17 March, 1891{{NLMar91|p. 258}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Sedgfield Donner|nick=Charles S. Donner|appt=26 April, 1885<ref>Donner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/36/1035.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=}}
{{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=Henry Frederick Stephenson|nick=Henry F. Stephenson|appt=7 May, 1885{{NLSep85|p. 241}}|end=September, 1886}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry Harvey Boys|nick=Henry H. Boys|appt=29 August, 1892{{NLApr94|p. 261}}|end=}}
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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=Lewis Anthony Beaumont|nick=Lewis A. Beaumont|appt=17 March, 1891<ref>Beaumont Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/226.|}} f. 88.</ref>{{NLMar91|p. 258}}|end=11 April, 1891<ref>Beaumont Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/36/226.|}} f. 88.</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>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert Ward Dowding|nick=Herbert W. Dowding|appt=11 July, 1893<ref>Dowding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15/367.|D7588076}} f. ?.</ref>|end=10 August, 1893<ref>Dowding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/15/367.|D7588076}} f. ?.</ref>|note=for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]]}}
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{{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}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert William Summer Gibson|nick=Herbert W. S. Gibson|appt=1 February, 1896{{NLMar96|p. 268''b''}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Orford Churchill|nick=Orford Churchill|appt=1 May, 1895|end=31 January, 1896}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Salwey Hallifax|nick=John S. Hallifax|appt=31 March, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 304}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert William Sumner Gibson|nick=Herbert W. S. Gibson|appt=1 February, 1896{{NLMar96|p. 268''b''}}|end=15 December, 1897|note=in command for [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1896]] and [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1897|1897]]}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Harvey Rainier|nick=John H. Rainier|appt=15 December, 1897<ref>Rainier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/306.|}} f. 1080.</ref>|end=31 March, 1898<ref>Rainier Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/306.|}} f. 1080.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Salwey Hallifax|nick=John S. Hallifax|appt=31 March, 1898{{NLOct98|p. 304}}|end=31 August, 1899}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Edric Blaxland|nick=John E. Blaxland|appt=4 September, 1899<ref>Blaxland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/128.|D7578782}} f. 110.</ref>{{NLFeb00|p. 306}}|end=12 December, 1900<ref>Blaxland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/128.|D7578782}} f. 110.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Edric Blaxland|nick=John E. Blaxland|appt=4 September, 1899<ref>Blaxland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/128.|D7578782}} f. 110.</ref>{{NLFeb00|p. 306}}|end=12 December, 1900<ref>Blaxland Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/38/128.|D7578782}} f. 110.</ref>}}
 
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Latest revision as of 09:06, 13 April 2021

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 Sumner 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. Donner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1035. f. ?.
  11. Donner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1035. f. ?.
  12. Donner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/1035. f. ?.
  13. The Navy List. (September, 1885). p. 241.
  14. The Navy List. (February, 1888). p. 234.
  15. Beaumont Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/226. f. 88.
  16. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 258.
  17. Beaumont Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/36/226. f. 88.
  18. The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 258.
  19. Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1001.
  20. Hamond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/14. f. 1001.
  21. Dowding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. ?.
  22. Dowding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/15/367. f. ?.
  23. The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 261.
  24. St. Clair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1143.
  25. St. Clair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/37. f. 1143.
  26. The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 268b.
  27. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/306. f. 1080.
  28. Rainier Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/306. f. 1080.
  29. The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 304.
  30. Blaxland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/128. f. 110.
  31. The Navy List. (February, 1900). p. 306.
  32. Blaxland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/128. f. 110.

Bibliography


Devastation Class Turret Ship
  Devastation Thunderer