HMS Lightning
Name | HMS Lightning |
Type | Destroyer
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GRT | 320 tons |
Country | British |
Built | 1895
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Builder | Palmers’ SB. & Iron Co., Ltd., Newcastle
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Operator | Royal Navy
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History |
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U-boat attacks on Destroyer Lightning
| Date | U-boat | Loss type | Position | Location | Route | Cargo | Casualties |
1 | 30 Jun 1915 | UC 1 (Egon von Werner) | Sunk | Mined near Kentish Knock LV, Thames Estuary
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| Lightning was blown in two by the mine explosion, with the bow portion sinking. The stern portion (engine room bulkhead to the stern) was towed in to Sheerness and broken up.
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