HMS Thunder

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Thunder, while an eleventh was planned but never built:

• HMS Thunder was a 5-gun bomb vessel launched in 1695. She was captured by a French privateer in 1696.
• HMS Thunder was a 6-gun bomb vessel captured from the Spanish in 1720 and broken up in 1734.
• HMS Thunder was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1740. She foundered in a hurricane in 1744.
• HMS Thunder was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1759 and sold in 1774.
• HMS Thunder was an 8-gun bomb vessel, previously the civilian Racehorse. She was purchased in 1771 and captured by the French in 1778.
• HMS Thunder was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1779. She foundered in 1781.
• HMS Thunder was an 8-gun bomb vessel, previously the Dutch Duguse Erwartung. She was captured in 1797 and sold in 1802.
• HMS Thunder was an 8-gun bomb vessel, previously the civilian Dasher. She was purchased in 1803 and sold in 1814.
• HMS Thunder was to have been a bomb vessel. She was ordered in 1812, but was later cancelled.
• HMS Thunder was a 12-gun bomb vessel launched in 1829. She was converted to a survey ship in 1833 and was broken up in 1851.
• HMS Thunder was a wooden ironclad floating battery launched in 1855 and broken up in 1874.

See also

• HMCS Thunder
• HMS Thunderer
• HMS Thunderbolt