| Name: | LIGHTNING |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 28/03/1894 |
| Launched: | 10/04/1895 |
| Completed: | 05/10/1895 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Ship Building & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 682 |
| Dimensions: | 385disp, 204.5 x 19.5 x 8.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT3cyl, 3900ihp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Ship Building & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 27.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 12pdr QF, 5 x 1 x 6pdr guns; 2 x 1 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 05/10/1895 | British Royal Navy |
| 30/06/1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | Member of the Janus Class of Destroyers |
| 1913: Redesignated as a member of the A Class | |
| 30/06/1915: She was engaged in destroying mines near the Kentish Knock, during which another mine struck the ship | |
| LIGHTNING subsequently broke in half, the bow section sinking, while the stern was towed back to Sheerness | |
| The ship's captain was absolved of any blame but was advised that he "might have considered he was in a mine field having already sighted three mines" |
Above image is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Marine Engineer, May 1895