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Revision as of 18:42, 6 May 2014

H.M.S. Lightning (1876)
Builder: Thornycroft[1]
Launched: 1876
Broken up: 1896[2]

H.M.S. Lightning (later designated T.B. 1) was one of 19 first-class torpedo boats of the T.B. 1 class.

Service

After her boiler was retubed, Lightning ran a speed trial on 17 January, 1879 and reached a mean speed of 17.5 knots.[3]

In 1881, there were twenty T.B.s in all; T.B. 1 was "fitted for Whitehead" and serving as tender to Vernon.[4]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 101.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 101.
  3. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 21 January, 1879. Issue 29470, col E, p. 10.
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1881. p. 35.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1877). p. 131.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1880). p. 249.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1882). p. 249.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1886). p. 256.

Bibliography


T.B. 1 Class First-class Torpedo Boat
Lightning
  T.B. 1  
Thornycroft Repeat Lightnings
T.B. 2 T.B. 3 T.B. 4 T.B. 5 T.B. 6
  T.B. 7 T.B. 8 T.B. 9  
  T.B. 10 T.B. 11 T.B. 12  
Other Builders
T.B. 13 T.B. 14 T.B. 15 T.B. 17 T.B. 18
  T.B. 19 T.B. 20  
  Torpedo Boats (UK) H.M. T.B. 63 –>
  First-class Torpedo Boats (UK) T.B. 39 Class –>
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