The "Thunder, bomb" was a bomb-vessel used at the Siege of Copenhagen in 1807. Sailing vessels were commonly identified by rig or function along with their name.

A bomb-vessel(or "bomb-ketch") was a small naval craft equipped with bomb-throwing mortars. Two or more took part in the naval attack on Fort McHenry in the War of 1812. They were the source of the "bombs bursting in air" noted in "The Star-Spangled Banner."