H.M.S. Lightning (1895)

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

During trials in the North Sea at the end of 1895, Lightning reached 27.9 knots under forced draught—nine-tenths of a knot over the specified contract speed.^[8]

In mid-1913, she was at The Nore.^[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

Commander Arthur H. D. Ravenhill, 14 January, 1896^[10] (reappointed 12 September, 1896^[11])
Commander William H. Nicholson, 25 February, 1897.^[12]
Lieutenant & Commander Loftus C. O. Mansergh, 10 January, 1899^[13]
Lieutenant & Commander Lawrence L. Dundas, 6 January, 1900^[14]
Lieutenant & Commander Vincent L. Bowring, 30 May, 1903^[15]
Lieutenant & Commander Ernest G. W. Davidson, 27 April, 1905^[16]
Lieutenant & Commander Mark G. Newton, 6 July, 1906^[17]
Lieutenant & Commander James Bayley, 13 April, 1907^[18]
Lieutenant & Commander Austin C. Ackland, 25 January, 1909^[19]
Lieutenant & Commander Edmund A. T. de P. de la Poer, 8 March, 1910^[20]
Lieutenant in Command Thomas C. C. Bolster, 12 December, 1911^[21]
Lieutenant in Command James R. C. Cavendish, 5 December, 1914^[22] (temporary)

Footnotes

↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 92.
↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 56.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 8 November, 1895 Issue 34729, col E, p. 6.
↑ The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 340.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Friday, 10 January, 1896. Issue 34783, col D, p. 8.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Saturday, 12 September, 1896. Issue 34994, col A, p. 6.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 236a.
↑ Mansergh Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/141 f. 107.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 2 January, 1900. Issue 36028, col E, p. 7.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Wednesday, 6 May, 1903. Issue 37073, col E, p. 12.
↑ The Monthly Navy List. (December, 1905). p. 341.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 341.
↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 16 April, 1907. Issue 38308, col C, p. 11.
↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence". The Times. Tuesday, 19 January, 1909. Issue 38860, col B, p. 7.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1910). p. 340.
↑ The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 339.
↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 348.