HMS Thunderer (1872)
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| Name: | Thunderer |
| Builder: | Pembroke Dockyard |
| Cost: | £368,428 |
| Laid down: | 26 June 1869 |
| Launched: | 25 March 1872 |
| Completed: | 26 May 1877 |
| Out of service: | 1909 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 13 July 1909 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type: | Devastation-class ironclad turret ships |
| Displacement: | 9,330 long tons (9,480 t) |
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| Beam: | 62 ft 3 in (19.0 m) |
| Draught: | 27 ft 6 in (8.4 m) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 shafts; 2 Direct-acting steam engines |
| Speed: | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
| Range: | 4,700 nmi (8,700 km; 5,400 mi) @ 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 358 |
| Armament: | 4 × 12-inch (305 mm) rifled muzzle-loading guns |
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HMS Thunderer was one of two Devastation-class ironclad turret ships built for the Royal Navy in the 1870s. She suffered two serious accidents before the decade was out and gained a reputation as an unlucky ship for several years afterward. The ship was assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1878 and was reduced to reserve in 1881 before being recommissioned in 1885. Thunderer returned home in 1887 and was again placed in reserve. She rejoined the Mediterranean Fleet in 1891, but was forced to return to the UK by boiler problems the following year. The ship became a coast guard ship in Wales in 1895 and was again placed in reserve in 1900. Thunderer was taken out of service in 1907 and sold for scrap in 1909.
The Devastation class was designed as an enlarged, ocean-going, version of the earlier Cerberus-class breastwork monitor. The ships had a length between perpendiculars of 285 feet (86.9 m) and were 307 feet (93.6 m) long overall. They had a beam of 62 feet 3 inches (19.0 m), and a draught of 26 feet 8 inches (8.1 m). The Devastation-class ships displaced 9,330 long tons (9,480 t). Their crew consisted of 358 officers and ratings. They proved to be steady gun platforms and good seaboats, albeit quite wet forward. Their low forecastle caused them problems with head seas and limited their speed in such conditions.
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