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.
William Dowell (Royal Navy officer) William Dowell (Royal Navy officer) Admiral Sir William Montagu Dowell (2 August 1825 – 27 December 1912) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth. Dowell joined the Royal Navy in 1839. He served in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. He was given command of HMS "Hornet" and HMS "Barrosa" and, in the latter ship, took part in the Bombardment of Shimonoseki in 1863. Later he commanded HMS "Euryalus", HMS "Topaze" and then HMS "Leander". He was made Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station in 1867 before taking command