HMS Thunderer was the fourth and last Orion-class dreadnought battleship built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. She spent the bulk of her career... 27 KB (3,214 words) - 14:05, 2 February 2024 |
HMS Thunderer : HMS Thunderer (1760) was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1760. Battle honour: 'Achille 1761'. She was wrecked in 1780. HMS Thunderer (1783)... 2 KB (326 words) - 15:12, 21 December 2021 |
The four Orion-class dreadnought battleships, HMS Orion, HMS Monarch, HMS Conqueror, and HMS Thunderer, were the first British super-dreadnoughts. The... 90 KB (8,269 words) - 19:24, 2 February 2024 |
in 1913, shortly after the launch of the Dreadnought Battleship HMS Thunderer (1911). Heading eastward from the Tower of London lie six and a half mile... 182 KB (21,466 words) - 09:49, 26 March 2024 |
Lion-class battleship (redirect from HMS Thunderer (1939)) contract for Conqueror was awarded on 15 August to John Brown, and that of Thunderer was scheduled for 15 November for Fairfield. After the start of the Second... 27 KB (3,703 words) - 21:53, 1 April 2024 |
1900 was posted in lieu of a lieutenant to the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Revenge, stationed in the Fleet Reserve at Chatham Dockyard. During the Russo-Japanese... 5 KB (378 words) - 22:09, 5 March 2023 |
Battle Squadron (BS) on 1 May. The ship, together with her sister ships Thunderer and Orion, participated in the Parliamentary Naval Review on 9 July at... 30 KB (3,682 words) - 22:25, 30 April 2024 |
and Thunderer on 'B' and 'X' turrets and Monarch had one on 'B'. A high-angle rangefinder was fitted in the forward superstructure by 1921. Thunderer had... 33 KB (3,991 words) - 11:33, 23 April 2024 |
HMS Conqueror was the third of four Orion-class dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. She spent the bulk of her career... 25 KB (2,978 words) - 14:05, 2 February 2024 |
RMS Olympic (redirect from SS Olympic (1911)) mishap occurred on her fifth voyage on 20 September 1911, when she collided with the British cruiser HMS Hawke. The collision took place as Olympic and Hawke... 82 KB (9,161 words) - 17:15, 30 April 2024 |
taught to play by William Herschel. In 1778 he became a midshipman on HMS Thunderer, aboard which he contracted the fever from which he died. The register... 3 KB (312 words) - 10:46, 3 January 2024 |
HMS King George V was the lead ship of her class of four dreadnought battleships built for the Royal Navy in the early 1910s. She spent the bulk of her... 30 KB (3,697 words) - 14:07, 2 February 2024 |
HMHS Britannic (redirect from HMS Britannic) and was received by several other ships in the area, among them HMS Scourge and HMS Heroic, but Britannic heard nothing in reply. Unknown to either Bartlett... 63 KB (7,151 words) - 22:54, 9 April 2024 |
3°33′36″N 104°28′42″E / 3.56000°N 104.47833°E / 3.56000; 104.47833 HMS Prince of Wales was a King George V-class battleship of the Royal Navy that... 48 KB (5,670 words) - 20:49, 29 March 2024 |
comparative gunnery trials with Thunderer to evaluate the effectiveness of the latter's gunnery director. Thunderer decisively outshot Orion, although... 30 KB (3,673 words) - 14:04, 2 February 2024 |
William Cornwallis (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference) promoted into the newly commissioned third-rate HMS Thunderer. In July 1761, Cornwallis was with Thunderer and two other line-of-battle ships blockading... 31 KB (3,222 words) - 18:50, 17 March 2024 |
Titanic (redirect from HMS Titanic) a piece of wood fell on him. Titanic was launched at 12:15 pm on 31 May 1911 in the presence of Lord Pirrie, J. Pierpont Morgan, J. Bruce Ismay and 100... 195 KB (22,328 words) - 12:19, 22 April 2024 |
a US Navy cruiser. Seaplanes and seaplane tender support ships, such as HMS Engadine, followed. The development of flat top vessels produced the first... 60 KB (7,228 words) - 00:34, 22 March 2024 |
Philip Howard Colomb (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference) Ryder in China; and finally he was appointed, in 1880, to command HMS Thunderer in the Mediterranean. The next year he was appointed captain of the steam... 9 KB (982 words) - 21:14, 26 January 2024 |
USS Constitution (section HMS Cyane and HMS Levant) she captured numerous merchant ships and defeated five British warships: HMS Guerriere, Java, Pictou, Cyane, and Levant. The battle with Guerriere earned... 131 KB (14,350 words) - 05:50, 18 April 2024 |
HMS Destiny HMS Euryalus Golden Plover HMS Gorgon HMS Hyperion Nautilus – French frigate HMS Onward HMS Phalarope HM Sparrow – sloop HMS Tempest HMS Trojan... 87 KB (9,266 words) - 05:17, 6 April 2024 |
Utopia 15 Sep: Comus 26 Oct: Britannic 2 Nov: HMS Malabar 4 Nov: Djemnah Nov: HMS Thunderer 18 Dec: HMS Cleopatra 21 Dec: Mona Dec: Mona's Isle Unk: Fusō... 18 KB (2,211 words) - 02:45, 1 April 2024 |
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference) Gleichen on the corvette HMS Racoon. He was promoted to captain on 23 February 1866 and was appointed to the command of the frigate HMS Galatea in January 1867... 51 KB (5,154 words) - 16:17, 30 April 2024 |