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HMS Lightning was an L-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.She was launched on 22 April 1940 and sunk on 12 March 1943 by German Motor Torpedo Boat S-55. [1]Ordered under the 1937 Programme and laid down as Job No J4502, Hawthorn Leslie & Co of Newcastle Upon Tyne were awarded the contract to build her with machinery supplied by Parsons.
Destroyer 2,050 23 April 1943 decommissioned 1965, scrapped 1975 [6] Abner Read: Destroyer 2,050 5 February 1943 sunk 1 November 1944 Acasta Royal Navy: A: Destroyer 1,350 11 February 1930 sunk 8 June 1940 [7] Achates: Destroyer 1,350 27 March 1930 sunk 31 December 1942 Acheron: Destroyer 1,350 13 October 1931 sunk 17 December 1940 Active ...
All of the destroyers were fitted with ASDIC (sonar) and the ability to use the Two-Speed Destroyer Sweep (TSDS) minesweeping gear. [1] The G- and H-class destroyers displaced 1,340–1,350 long tons (1,360–1,370 t) at standard load and 1,854–1,860 long tons (1,884–1,890 t) at deep load.
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The selected design resulted in large and powerful ships, superior to German and Soviet destroyers of the time, and comparable to the famous British Tribal class of 1936. The main armament was changed from the 130 mm used on the Wicher -class destroyer to the standard British destroyer calibre of 4.7 inch (120 mm).
HMS Greyhound was a G-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the 1930s. Greyhound participated in the Norwegian Campaign in April 1940, the Dunkirk evacuation in May and the Battle of Dakar in September before being transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in November.
British Destroyers and Frigates, the Second World War and After. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-86176-137-6. Hodges, Peter; Friedman, Norman (1979). Destroyer Weapons of World War 2. Greenwich: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-85177-137-3. Langtree, Charles (2002). The Kelly's: British J, K, and N Class Destroyers of World ...
The German destroyer Z2 Georg Thiele was one of four Type 1934-class destroyers built for the German Navy (Kriegsmarine) during the mid-1930s. She was named after Georg Thiele, a Korvettenkapitän (Corvette Captain) who commanded the Seventh Half Flotilla of torpedo boats.