HMS Lightning (1876)
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| Ship type : | Torpedo boat |
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| Shipyard: | John I. Thornycroft & Co. , Chiswick |
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| Launch: | 1876 |
| Commissioning: | 1876 |
| Whereabouts: | scrapped in 1896 |
| Technical specifications | |
| Displacement : | 33 ts maximum |
| Length: | 26.7 m |
| Width: | 3.3 m |
| Draft : | 1.6 m |
| Drive : |
2-cylinder compound steam engine, 2 screws, 460 HP (300 kW ) |
| Fuel supply: | Heating oil |
| Speed : | 18.5 kn ( km / h ) |
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| Armament: | 2 × 14 inch (36 cm) Whitehead torpedoes |
HMS Lightning was a torpedo boat built by John Thornycroft for the Royal Navy . It was put into service in 1876 and was the first ocean-going vehicle with the Whitehead - torpedoes equipped with self-propelled. She was later turned into Torpedo Boat No. 1 renamed.
In its original condition, the Lightning had two torpedo drain racks; these were replaced in 1879 by a single torpedo tube in the bow. There were also two torpedoes for reloading, which were kept amidships.
The Lightning spent its service time as a tender of the torpedo school HMS Vernon in Portsmouth and was used there for experimental purposes. In 1896 it was scrapped.
literature
- Roger Chesneau, Eugène Kolesnik: Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860-1905 . Conway Maritime Press, London 1979, ISBN 0-85177-133-5