HMS Thunder Child "Star Vikings", shows the influence of the Jeff Wayne image of the ironclad, combined with a 19th-century image of the Martian war machine. Details also appear in the TNE products "Path of Tears" and "Reformation Coalition Equipment Guide". A novel by Nick Pope, concerning the UK's response to UFOs, is named "Operation: Thunder Child". There is an adaptation novel set in the Victorian UK of 1898. It is called, "The Last Days of Thunder Child" by C.A. Powell. HMS Thunder Child HMS "Thunder Child" is a fictional ironclad torpedo ram of the Royal Navy, destroyed by Martian fighting-machines in H.
John Evans (Royal Navy officer) John Evans (Royal Navy officer) Admiral John Evans (1717 – 8 July 1794) was a Royal Navy officer. Evans joined the Royal Navy in 1731. Promoted to captain on 20 April 1748, he was given command of the post ship HMS "Flamborough" on promotion, the sixth-rate HMS "Squirrel" later in the year and the sixth-rate HMS "Glasgow" later still in the year. He went on to take command of the sixth-rate HMS "Experiment" in December 1753, the fifth-rate HMS "Prince Edward" in July 1755 and the fourth-rate HMS "Preston" in January 1757 as well as the third-rate HMS "Augusta" in