The destroyer HMS Lightning (G 55) of the Royal Navy. She was lost on 12 Mar 1943.
Technical information
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 1920 (Laforey 1935) BRT |
| Length | 345 feet |
| Complement | 221 men |
| Armament | Laforey, Lightning, Lookout and Loyal Gurkha, Lance, Legion and Lively |
| Max speed | 36 knots |
| Engines | Two Admiralty 3-drum boilers, 2-shaft Parsons geared turbines |
| Power | 48.000 HP |
| Notes on class | Modified J-class design. The main armament was housed in weather-proof mountings. Half the class were however fitted with twin 4" AA gun mountings due to supply problems with the twin 4.7" gun mountings. |
All ships of the L class
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| HMS Gurkha (ii) (G 63) | Lost on 17 Jan 1942 | |
 | HMS Lance (G 87) | Lost on 9 Apr 1942 |
| | HMS Legion (G 74) | Lost on 26 Mar 1942 |
| | HMS Lightning (G 55) | Lost on 12 Mar 1943 |
| | HMS Lively (G 40) | Lost on 11 May 1942 |
| | HMS Lookout (G 32) | |
| | HMS Loyal (G 15) | |
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| | HMS Laforey (G 99) | Lost on 30 Mar 1944 |
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Royal Navy (more on See all Destroyer classes.
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L class ships hit by U-boats (2) | |||
| 17 Jan 1942 | HMS Gurkha (ii) | Sunk | U-133 |
| 30 Mar 1944 | HMS Laforey | Sunk | U-223 |
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