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
Sun Shipbuilding for the Texas Oil Company; figured prominently in OperationPedestal, the Allied resupply of Malta in World War II. SS Ohio may also refer
UK: Paul Watkins. ISBN 1-900289-02-4. Crabb, Brian James (2014). OperationPedestal: The Story of Convoy WS21S in August 1942. Donington, UK: Shaun Tyas
England: Paul Watkins. ISBN 1-900289-02-4. Crabb, Brian James (2014). OperationPedestal: The Story of Convoy WS21S in August 1942. England: Shaun Tyas.
Dambusters Story 1943 (William Collins, 2019) ISBN 9780008280529 OperationPedestal: The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942 (William Collins, 2021) ISBN 978-0008364946
served on until June 1943 on operations in the Mediterranean. During operationPedestal in August 1942 Unbroken torpedoed and severely damaged the two Italian
Munster: Ugarit Verlag, pp. 149–266. (in German) Hastings, Max (2021). OperationPedestal: The Fleet that Battled to Malta, 1942. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 9780008364960
England: Paul Watkins. ISBN 1-900289-02-4. Crabb, Brian James (2014). OperationPedestal. The Story of Convoy WS21S in August 1942. England: Shaun Tyas.
Triumph [Campaign title 397] Osprey Publishing 2023 ISBN 9781472857231 OperationPedestal 1942: The Battle for Malta's Lifeline [Campaign title 394] Osprey
Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2014. "OperationPedestal". Melbourne Star. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017.