Wisconsin Maritime Museum

Thunder (Naval Vessel)

Description


Identification
Vessel name:
Thunder
Construction and Ownership
Vessel Type:
Naval Vessel
Hull Materials:
Wood
Bow Type:
Plain Head
Ownership Notes:
British Government, (1814- );
Tonnage
1814
History
Classification:
a. Gun Boat (Lugger), Thunder (c.1814- )*
Nationality:
American (Before 1814); British (c.1814- )
Notes
General notes:
*A lugger is a small fishing or coasting boat that carries a lugsail (a four sided sail bent to an obliquely hanging yard that is hoisted and lowered with the sail);
Macpherson list her armed with one gun, "wanting much repair", January, 1814;
Scudding noted her on Lake Ontario, (1812-1814);
Sources:
1. K. R. Macpherson, List of Vessels Employed on British Naval Service on the Great Lakes, 1755-1875, Ontario
Historical Society, September, 1963, Vol. LV, p. 174;
2. John Poole's notes;
3. Henry Scudding, Old Toronto, 1873;
Contact
Contact
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
Email:[email protected]
Website:
https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/

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75 Maritime Dr.
Manitowoc, WI,54220
920-684-0218




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