“ATTACK” DESTROYERS
• j NEW BRITISH LIGHTNING CLASS London, Oct. 22. . The “Daily Mail” describes Britain’s ? heaviest and latest hard-hitting “at- ; tack” destroyers, known as the Lightning class, details of which are now al- • lowed to be published. As vest-pocket ‘ cruisers. Lightnings, which are of 1920 • l°ns, are a development of the Tribal class. Their six 4.7 guns are mounted ■ cruiser-fashion in three turrets. Light- [ ngs carry eight torpedo-tubes, comi pared with the Tribal's four. Lightnings have a speed of 36$ knots.—P A,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 24 October 1942, Page 4
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