Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lightning.
- The first HMS <i>Lightning</i> (1691) was an 8-gun fire ship launched in 1691 and captured by the French in 1705.
- The second HMS <i>Lightning</i> (1740) was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1740 and captured off Livorno during the War of the Austrian Succession in 1746.
- The 14-gun sloop HMS <i>Viper</i> (1746), launched in 1746, was converted to a fire ship and renamed Lightning in 1755. She was sold in 1762
- The 14-gun sloop HMS <i>Sylph</i> (1776), purchased in 1776, was converted to a fire ship and renamed Lightning in 1779. She was sold in 1783.
- The fifth HMS Lightning (1806) was a <i>Thais</i>-class fireship launched in 1806, converted to a sloop in 1808, and sold in 1816.
- The sixth HMS Lightning (1823), launched in 1823, was a paddle steamer, one of the first steam-powered ships on the Navy List. She served initially as a packet ship, but was later converted into an oceanographic survey vessel.
- The seventh HMS Lightning (1829) was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1829, renamed Larne in 1832, and broken up in 1866.
- The eighth HMS Lightning (1876), was a torpedo boat, built by John Thornycroft. She was the first seagoing vessel to be armed with self-propelled torpedoes. She was later known as TB-1.
- The ninth HMS Lightning (1895), launched in 1895, was a Janus-class destroyer. She served in World War I until she struck a mine in 1915 that sank her.
- The tenth HMS Lightning (G55), launched in 1940, was an L-class destroyer that served in World War II. The German motor torpedo boat S-55 torpedoed and sank her on 12 March 1943 in the Strait of Sicily.
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References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Rice, A. L. (1986). British Oceanographic Vessels, 1800-1950. Ray Society. ISBN 978-0-903874-19-9.
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