HMS Thunder Child around the "Thunder Child". The player is placed in control of the ironclad itself and must sail it down a river while using its cannons to destroy Martian units and settlements; the level ends in a climactic confrontation with the Tempest, a powerful Martian war machine. The only version to feature "Thunder Child" directly is the low-budget, direct-to-DVD Pendragon adaptation, released in 2005. This version uses poorly executed CGI to portray "Thunder Child" as a "Havock"-class destroyer; it reverses the order of the ship's attack, using its guns first before successfully ramming in both cases. The vessel eventually sinks from
George Sayer (Royal Navy officer) George Sayer (Royal Navy officer) Rear-Admiral George Sayer CB (1773 - 29 April 1831) was a Royal Navy officer who twice became Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Station. Sayer joined the Royal Navy at an early age and first saw action in HMS "Phoenix" in the campaign against Tipu Sultan on the Malabar Coast. Promoted to lieutenant in July 1793, he was serving in HMS Carysfort during the Frigate action of 29 May 1794 when the Carysfort recaptured the French ship "Castor". His first command was the sloop HMS "Lacedemonian" in 1796. He later commanded HMS "Albacore", HMS "Xenophon", and