HMS Thunder (1803)

HMS Thunder was an 8-gun bomb vessel of the Royal Navy, previously the mercantile Dasher. Dasher, launched at Bideford in 1800, had made two voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people before the Royal Navy purchased her in 1803 and renamed her HMS Thunder. Thunder served in the Mediterranean and the Baltic; among other actions, she participated in a battle and one single-ship action, each of which resulted in her crew later qualifying for clasps to the Naval General Service Medal (1847). The Navy sold her in 1814.

History
Great Britain
NameDasher
Owner
  • 1800:Thomas Phillips
  • 1803:J. Sims
BuilderBideford
Launched1800
FateSold 1803
General characteristics
Tons burthen309, or 318 (bm)
Complement40
Armament20 × 6-pounder guns
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Thunder
AcquiredOctober 1803
Honours and
awards
  • Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with clasps:
    • "Basque Roads 1809"
    • "Thunder 9 Octr. 1813"
FateSold 1814
General characteristics
Tons burthen383 (bm)
Length
  • Overall: 111 ft 3 in (33.9 m)
  • Keel: 92 ft 10 in (28.3 m)
Beam27 ft 10 in (8.5 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 7 in (4.7 m)
Complement67
Armament8 × 24-pounder carronades + 1 × 10" + 1 × 13" mortars
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