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| Name | Thunderbolt (1842) | Explanation | |
| Type | 1st class sloop | ||
| Launched | 13 January 1842 | ||
| Hull | Wooden | ||
| Propulsion | Paddle | ||
| Builders measure | 1059 tons | ||
| Displacement | 1669 tons | ||
| Guns | 6 | ||
| Fate | 1847 | ||
| Class | |||
| Ships book | |||
| Note | 1847.02.03 wrecked Cape Recife, S. Africa | ||
| Snippets concerning this vessels career | |||
| Date | Event | ||
| 28 November 1842 - 25 May 1846 | Commanded by Commander George Nathaniel Broke, Cape of Good Hope | ||
| 27 December 1845 - 3 February 1847 | Commanded by Commander Alexander Boyle, Cape of Good Hope, until lost after striking a rock near Cape Receife, South Africa (Boyle, and Master James Dundas Milne, found guilty but recommended not to be dismissed from the service for their subsequent behaviour) | ||
| 26 May 1846 - 3 September 1846 | Commanded by Acting Commander Thomas Belgrave, Cape of Good Hope | ||
| Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Extract | ||
| Ma 12 April 1841 | (From the Hampshire Telegraph of Saturday.) The St. Vincent, Madagascar, and Fair Rosamond, were put out of the basin on Monday, and the Vindictive and Warspite on Tuesday, in order that the basin might be run dry, to repair the works of the wood-mills.The Mercury sailed to-day for Sheerness, with a lieutenant of the Indus on board, to volunteer men from the Asia for that ship. The Emerald sailed yesterday for Devonport, with seamen gunners for the Cornwallis. The keel of a second class steamer, to be called the Thunderbolt, was laid down in this dockyard on Wednesday last. | ||
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