HMS Thunderer (1760)
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| File:Ship of 74-gun model 1760.jpg Model of a 74-gun ship, 3rd rate, circa 1760. Thought to be either HMS Hercules or HMS Thunderer from 1760. | |
| Career (Great Britain) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Thunderer |
| Ordered: | 15 July 1756 |
| Builder: | Woolwich Dockyard |
| Launched: | 19 March 1760 |
| Fate: | Wrecked, 1780 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type: | Hercules-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen: | 1609 tons (1634.8 tonnes) |
| Length: | 166 ft 6 in (50.75 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam: | 46 ft 6 in (14.17 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 19 ft 9 in (6.02 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: |
74 guns:
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Thunderer.
HMS Thunderer was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 19 March 1760 at Woolwich.[1] She was involved in a single-ship action with the French Achille in 1761.
She foundered in the great hurricane in the West Indies in 1780.[1]
Notes
References
- Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.
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