HG Wells "THUNDER CHILD" Tenplates

[Phil]

Roger,

Sorry this is not much of a reply but thanks very much for the information and taking the time to write this fascinating technical detail. Although I did not reply to your above messages they were 'taken onboard' and appreciated.

As you are very well versed in military matters, there is a thread on ordnance in the General thread if you would care to have a look.

Cheers, Phil

[lanceradvanced]

Was redoing some of my Space 1889 stuff the other day, and got to perusing the lists of ships in Ironclads and Ether Flyers, and found two ironclad rams in the listings of Royal Navy Coastal Defense Monitors, neither mounted -torpedos- but...

HMS Rupert
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/hms_rupert_1872.htm

HMS Hotspur
www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/hms_hotspur.htm

There's also a rerence to the armored gunboats Viper and Vixen, neither of which I could find more refrences to.

[daKlone]

Greetings All!

I've recently been looking at this subject and have been interested in the replies in this thread.

I'd like to put forward the 'Alarm' class Torpedo Gunboat as the model for the original ship (not the one depicted on the Jeff Wayne cover). With the slight exception of the "ram", these vessels seem to fit the bill and were current at the time of writing (11 vessels launched 1892-1893).

If Wells was even more up-to-date on his naval knowledge, it may even have been the 'Dryad' class he used as a basis, 5 vessels launched from 1893-94.

Both classes can be seen at www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/r_n_gunboats.htm

What do you guys think?

[McTodd]

Not a bad idea, I've been looking at the torpedo gunboats too.

I like HMS Seagull (scary name... not):

[daKlone]

Hmm, I think the pictures of HMS Niger fit much better:



I can really picture this vessel in the scene...