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.
Joseph Gilbert (Royal Navy) Joseph Gilbert (Royal Navy) Joseph Gilbert (1732–1831) was a British naval officer who was Master of HMS "Resolution" on the second voyage of Captain James Cook. As Master he was responsible for a number of specific duties, especially navigation. He was born in Kirton, Lincolnshire, the youngest child of John Gilbert, a farmer and Churchwarden of Kirton and later Freiston. He joined the Royal Navy and rose to the rank of ship's Master. Between 1764 and 1769 he was Master of HMS "Guernsey" which surveyed the coasts of Newfoundland and Labrador. He was afterwards Master of HMS "Pearl", which surveyed