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  Lightning, torpedo tube not yet installed  

Ships

Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Lightning (later TB1)	47	Thornycroft, Chiswick	1876	1876	1877	sold 1896

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	28
Displacement full, t	32
Length, m	24.7 pp 25.6 oa
Breadth, m	3.1
Draught, m	1.60
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 2-cyl VCE, 1 locomotive boiler
Power, h. p.	460
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	coal 3
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 406 TL
Complement	15

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Project history

The Lightning, the first RN purpose-built torpedo boat. The hull of the Lightning was of thicker plate than the other boats built by Thornycroft's at the time and the lines were fuller as she was intended for use in tolerably rough weather; cabin accommodation was also larger than that of other boats. The Lightning was later armed with Whitehead torpedoes launched from a single tube placed on the forward deck.

Modernizations

1879: - 2 x 1 - 406 TL; + 1 - 406 TT

1880s,: - 1 x 1 - 406 TT; + 2 - 356 TC

Naval service

No significant events.

torpedo tube not yet installed

(A.Dashyan)