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HMS ''Thunderer'' was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at the Wells brother's shipyard in Rotherhithe and launched on 13 November 1783.〔 After completion, she was laid up until 1792, when she underwent a 'Middling Repair' to bring her into service in 1793. In 1794 she fought at the Glorious First of June under Captain Albemarle Bertie, and from 1796 to 1801 served in the West Indies, under a succession of captains. During this period, under Captain Pierre Flasse, ''Thunderer'' fought at the Battle of Jean-Rabel in which she and forced the crew of the French frigate ''Harmonie'' to scuttle their vessel to prevent her capture. On 15 October, and , and later and , and later still and ''Concorde'', chased two French frigates, the ''Tartu'' and ''Néréide'', 50-gun frigate ''Forte'' and the brig-aviso (or corvette) ''Éveillé''.〔 The British ships had to give up on the frigates due to the closeness of the shore. However, ''Pomone'' and ''Thunderer'', which had joined the chase, were able to take the ''Eveillé'', of 18 guns, and 100 men.〔 The French force had been out for 60 days and had captured 12 West Indiamen, two of which, ''Kent'' and ''Albion'', the British had already recaptured. ''Pomone'' and her squadron had recaptured ''Kent'' on 9 October. ''Orion'' recaptured ''Albion''. Warren's squadron returned to England in December with the remnants of the expedition to Quiberon Bay. On 10 October 1800, ''Thunderer'' rescued the crew of which had struck a reef off the north coast of Cuba. The British set fire to ''Diligence'' as they left. It turned out that she had hit an uncharted shoal near Rio Puercos.〔Hepper (1994), p. 95.〕 ''Thunderer'' was recommissioned in 1803, and in 1805 she fought in Admiral Calder's fleet at the Battle of Cape Finisterre. Her captain, William Lechmere, returned to England to attend a court-martial as a witness to the events of Admiral Calder's action off Cape Finisterre at the time of the battle. Later that year she fought at the Battle of Trafalgar under the command of her First Lieutenant John Stockham,〔Ships of the Old Navy, ''Thunderer''.〕 The surgeon on board was Scotsman James Marr Brydone, who was the first of the main British battle fleet to sight the Franco-Spanish fleet. ''Thunderer'' signalled the ''Victory'' and three minutes later battle orders were signalled to the British fleet beginning the Battle of Trafalgar. On 25 November, ''Thunderer'' detained the Ragusan ship ''Nemesis'', of 350 tons (bm), four guns and 18 men, Poulovich, master. ''Nemesis'' was sailing from Isle de France to Leghorn, Italy, with a cargo of spice, indigo dye, and other goods. ''Thunderer'' shared the prize money with ten other British warships. In 1807, ''Thunderer'' served in the Dardanelles Operation as part of a squadron under Admiral Sir John Duckworth and was badly damaged when the squadron withdrew from the area.〔 However, she accompanied Duckworth on the Alexandria expedition of 1807, and in May left Alexandria for Malta, where she was provisioned and repaired over a period of 30 days.〔John Lace.〕 She was decommissioned in November 1808 and broken up in March 1814. It is reputed that some of her timbers were re-used to build Christ Church, Totland on the Isle of Wight, whilst others were used in the construction of the lych gate at St. Nicolas' Church at North Stoneham near Eastleigh. ==Notes, citations, and references== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Thunderer (1783)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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