HMS ''Thunderer'' was a two-deck 84-gun

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, a modified version of the ''Canopus''/''Formidable''-class launched on 22 September 1831 at

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. She was hulked in 1863 as a target ship at

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. ''Thunderer'' was renamed twice in quick succession: first in 1869 to ''Comet'' after (C / 1868 L1 Winnecke), and again in 1870 to ''Nettle''. HMS ''Nettle'' was sold in December 1901 to Messrs. King & co, of Garston, to be broken up.

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Mid-Victorian RN vessel HMS ''Thunderer''
Retrieved 20 November 2007. *Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650–1850. Conway Maritime Press. .

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