HMS Thunder (1803)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Great Britain | |
| Name | Dasher |
| Owner |
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| Builder | Bideford |
| Launched | 1800 |
| Fate | Sold 1803 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 309, or 318 (bm) |
| Complement | 40 |
| Armament | 20 × 6-pounder guns |
| History | |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Thunder |
| Acquired | October 1803 |
| Honours & awards |
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| Fate | Sold 1814 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tons burthen | 383 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 27 ft 10 in (8.5 m) |
| Depth of hold | 15 ft 7 in (4.7 m) |
| Complement | 67 |
| Armament | 8 × 24-pounder carronades + 1 × 10" + 1 × 13" mortars |
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.