HMS Lightning (1876)
id:
hms-lightning-1876-251-14306630
title:
HMS Lightning (1876)
text:
HMS Lightning was a torpedo boat, built by John Thornycroft at Church Wharf in Chiswick for the Royal Navy, which entered service in 1876 and was the first seagoing vessel to be armed with self-propelled Whitehead torpedoes. She was later renamed Torpedo Boat No. 1. As originally built, Lightning had two drop collars to launch torpedoes; these were replaced in 1879 by a single torpedo tube in the bow. She also carried two reload torpedoes amidships. The boat appeared at the Naval Review at Spith
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Lightning_(1876)
date created:
date modified:
2023-11-04T16:35:05Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q955809","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q955809"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/HMS_Lightning_-_Torpedo_Boat_1877.jpg","width":3000,"height":1438}
fields total:
13
integrity:
14