The HMS Lightning was the first steamship to appear on the Royal Navy's official list of ships , and it was also the first steamship to be used during a military conflict.
The machine of the HMS Lightning came from Maudslay Sons & Field , had two cylinders with a diameter of about 1 m and a stroke of 1.2 m and had about 100 hp. While the machine was kept throughout the service, the boilers were renewed three times. The ship could cover 420 nautical miles in 24 hours, i.e. about 778 kilometers.
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Shortly after the HMS Lightning was put into service, she accompanied mortar ships to Algiers and was used as a tugboat during the Algiers blockade in July 1824. On July 10th there was a brief naval battle in which HMS Lightning was present. This made it the first steamship to be involved in a military conflict.
The ship was later converted into a yacht and placed under the command of Commander George Evans on December 4, 1827. The Lord High Admiral , who later became King William IV , used it to organize harbor tours. In 1828, Captain Charles John Napier wanted to take command of the Lightning, but HMS Galatea was subordinated to him .
