HMS Lightning (1895)

	HMS Lightning
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Lightning
Ordered	7 November 1893
Builder	Palmers
Laid down	28 March 1894
Launched	10 April 1895
Completed	January 1896
Fate	Sunk off Kentish Knock Lightship 30 June 1915 after striking mine
General characteristics
Class and type	Janus-class destroyer
Displacement	320 long tons (330 t) full load
Length	204 ft 6 in (62.33 m) oa
Beam	19 ft 9 in (6.02 m)
Draught	8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
Installed power	3,900 ihp (2,900 kW)
Propulsion	4 × Reed boilers; 2 × × vertical triple-expansion steam engines; 2 shafts;
Speed	27 kn (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Armament	1 × QF 12-pounder gun; 3 × 6-pounder; 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes;

HMS Lightning was a Janus-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy, later designated an A-class destroyer, built by Palmers and launched in 1895.

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