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374:. Build was completed on 28 May 1941 but had been delayed by late delivery of the three twin 4.7-inch mountings required meeting the original design. The tender cost was £440,807 which excluded items such as weapons and communications equipment supplied by the Admiralty.
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1703:Website dedicated to HMS Lightning and her crew
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1714:"Collections Search for 'HMS Lightning'"
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179:General characteristics
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137:Diégo Suarez
110:Commissioned
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2414:Clan Alpine
2268:Tokitsukaze
2240:Taimei Maru
2228:Sin-ai Maru
2216:Oigawa Maru
2074:Piyale Paşa
1978:Polish Navy
1753: /
1408:19 February
1343:Horst Weber
1329:, ASDIC or
1315:Schnellboot
1202:arrived in
1188:Strathallan
1132:along with
1126:Indomitable
1110:Indomitable
1063:Tankexpress
1055:Indomitable
1003:Illustrious
997:Indomitable
940:along with
644:Free French
129:Honours and
113:28 May 1941
2769:1940 ships
2758:Categories
2730:April 1943
2262:Marietta E
2234:Stag Hound
2210:Kembu Maru
2204:Doggerbank
2165:Shipwrecks
2104:Town class
2098:Hunt class
2038:Alp Arslan
1811:Royal Navy
1494:References
1380:Blyskawica
1112:, cruiser
1085:armies in
1026:Addu Atoll
884:St. John's
845:Highlander
822:Highlander
646:submarine
426:Scapa Flow
422:Home Fleet
347:Royal Navy
229:Propulsion
200:1,920 tons
2682:USS
2671:HMS
2660:USS
2593:Suwa Maru
2557:HMS
2538:Bungsberg
2446:USS
2398:Turbulent
2396:HMS
2391:Lightning
2389:HMS
2368:Harvester
2366:HMS
2289:USS
2222:Shirayuki
2192:Aiyo Maru
2055:Matchless
1948:Musketeer
1927:Matchless
1861:Lightning
1594:164893555
1387:Citations
1378:ORP
1374:Lightning
1367:HMS
1351:Lightning
1335:Lightning
1323:Lightning
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918:Lightning
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849:Harvester
816:Harvester
811:Lightning
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795:Lightning
779:Lightning
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768:Lightning
763:Lightning
724:Sheffield
706:Edinburgh
695:Lightning
683:Lightning
668:Skagerrak
666:near the
628:Lightning
620:Lightning
618:in which
609:Gibraltar
588:Encounter
570:Foresight
516:Ark Royal
483:Lightning
420:with the
414:Lightning
383:Doncaster
379:Lightning
372:Lightning
338:Lightning
325:torpedoes
294:torpedoes
191:destroyer
94:Laid down
66:Lightning
2684:Scorpion
2669:19 Mar:
2658:13 Mar:
2612:SS
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2313:′s Jacob
2303:Murasame
2297:Minegumo
1999:Myrmidon
1955:Myrmidon
1906:Mahratta
1900:Marksman
1723:19 April
1712:(2013).
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1215:Penelope
991:Warspite
888:Greenock
750:Heythrop
744:Farndale
718:Euryalus
691:Greenock
582:Foxhound
576:Forester
558:Faulknor
528:Arethusa
522:Hermione
253:Armament
145:(1941-2)
102:Launched
2673:Derwent
2648:8 Mar:
2522:Delfino
2332:9 Mar:
2310:8 Mar:
2291:Grampus
2281:5 Mar:
2250:Asashio
2247:4 Mar:
2198:Arashio
2189:3 Mar:
2173:2 Mar:
2030:M class
1986:M class
1892:M class
1875:Lookout
1827:Laforey
1819:L class
1738:37°53′N
1347:pom pom
1264:Algiers
1242:Lookout
1238:Laforey
1176:Laforey
1139:Furious
1134:Lookout
1122:Lookout
1118:Laforey
1106:Force Z
1104:joined
1051:Lookout
1041:Laforey
1018:Lookout
1014:Laforey
978:Colombo
956:Laforey
946:Lookout
942:Laforey
913:During
869:US Navy
861:Bermuda
759:Force H
735:Cossack
687:Laforey
659:Curacoa
540:Cossack
534:Manxman
437:Lookout
431:Laforey
343:L-class
341:was an
221:Draught
188:L-class
80:Builder
72:Ordered
40:History
2651:Ro-103
2630:Sirène
2587:Masaya
2559:Dasher
2448:Triton
2079:Meteor
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1868:Lively
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1847:Gurkha
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1280:Aurora
1246:Loyal.
1233:Sirius
1227:Aurora
1114:Phoebe
1046:Phoebe
1009:Gambia
982:Ceylon
875:Ranger
863:where
672:Dundee
654:Norway
639:Newark
633:Lively
600:Duncan
552:Nestor
510:Renown
504:Nelson
498:Eridge
492:Azalea
461:Legion
455:Gurkha
449:Lively
351:German
272:AA gun
205:Length
139:(1942)
131:awards
2620:U-416
2581:Ceuta
2565:U-169
2548:U-469
2512:U-665
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