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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
 
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Henry Dickson Ravenhill|nick=Arthur H. D. Ravenhill|appt=14 January, 1896<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 10 January, 1896.  Issue '''34783''', col D, p. 8.</ref> Reappointed 12 September, 1896.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 12 September, 1896.  Issue '''34994''', col A, p. 6.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Arthur Henry Dickson Ravenhill|nick=Arthur H. D. Ravenhill|appt=14 January, 1896<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 10 January, 1896.  Issue '''34783''', col D, p. 8.</ref> Reappointed 12 September, 1896.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Saturday, 12 September, 1896.  Issue '''34994''', col A, p. 6.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Loftus Charles Ogilvy Mansergh|nick=Loftus C. O. Mansergh|appt=10 January, 1899<ref>Mansergh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/141}} f. 107.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{LieutRN}} & Commander|name=Loftus Charles Ogilvy Mansergh|nick=Loftus C. O. Mansergh|appt=10 January, 1899<ref>Mansergh Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/141}} f. 107.</ref>}}

Revision as of 10:36, 19 May 2014

H.M.S. Lightning (1895)
Pendant Number: N.23 (1914)
D.98 (Sep 1915)[1]
Builder: Palmer[2]
Ordered: 1893-94[3]
Laid down: 28 Mar, 1894[4]
Launched: 10 Apr, 1895[5]
Commissioned: Jan, 1896[6]
Mined: 30 Jun, 1915[7]

H.M.S. Lightning was one of forty-two destroyers of the "A" class — a "27 knotter".

Service

In mid-1913, she was at The Nore.[8]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  5. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
  7. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
  8. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 340.
  9. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 10 January, 1896. Issue 34783, col D, p. 8.
  10. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 12 September, 1896. Issue 34994, col A, p. 6.
  11. Mansergh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/141 f. 107.
  12. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 2 January, 1900. Issue 36028, col E, p. 7.
  13. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 6 May, 1903. Issue 37073, col E, p. 12.
  14. The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 341.
  15. The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 341.
  16. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 16 April, 1907. Issue 38308, col C, p. 11.
  17. "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 19 January, 1909. Issue 38860, col B, p. 7.
  18. The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 340.
  19. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 339.
  20. The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 348.

Bibliography


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