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.
Richard Wells (Royal Navy officer) Richard Wells (Royal Navy officer) Admiral Sir Richard Wells (3 February 1833 – 9 October 1896) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Wells joined the Royal Navy in 1847 and served in the Crimean War in 1855. He was on board HMS "Bombay" when she was accidentally burned in 1864 with the loss of 91 lives off Montevideo. Promoted to Captain in 1866, he commanded HMS "Revenge", HMS "Royal Alfred", HMS "Bellerophon" and then HMS " Agincourt". He became Captain of the training ship HMS "Britannia" in 1880 before being appointed Commander-in-Chief, Cape