Lightning, 1806
Type: Fireship ; Armament 16
Launched : 1806 ; Disposal date or year : 1816
B.M.: 422 tons
Notes:

21 Nov 1810 captured the French privateer General D'Orsenne in the North Sea.

Plymouth 23 Feb 1811 arrived from a cruise.

Plymouth 25 Feb 1811 departed on a cruise.

Plymouth 4 Apr 1811 Came in with dispatches from Basque Roads.

Lymington 11 Apr 1811 departed with convoy for the Brazils.

Lisbon 21 Jun 1811 arrived from England.

Portsmouth 9 Nov 1811 arrived from the Brazils.

Portsmouth 8 Jan 1812 Went out of the harbour to Spithead.

Portsmouth 24 Jan 1812 departed for Plymouth, and thence to Cadiz.

Plymouth 1 Feb 1812 arrived from Portsmouth, for Cadiz, and from thence to the West Indies.

21 Aug 1812, captured the Greyhound, bound to St. John's, Porto Rico, laden with flour, butter, etc.

1 Sep 1812, captured the Republican, bound to Philadelphia, laden with sugar, teas, etc.

2 Sep 1812, captured the Alligator, bound to Nantucket, laden with spermaceti oil, etc.

6 Mar 1813, the Alexis, from Demerara to Glasgow, the Dominica packet, from Demerara to Liverpool, and the Jane, from Demerara to St. John's, were taken off the island of St. Thomas by the Comet privateer of Baltimore, but the Dominica was re-captured by the Swaggerer, and the latter by the sloop Lightning.

Plymouth 15 Sep 1813 arrived with the Leeward Island convoy, left St. Thomas 1 Aug.

Plymouth 29 Nov 1813 departed on a cruise.

Plymouth 18 Apr 1814 arrived from a cruise.

Plymouth 26 Apr 1814 departed with a convoy of transports, with Spanish troops on board for Corunna.

Cove 4 Sep 1814 arrived from Passages, with a convoy of transports.

Cork 29 Oct 1814 arrived from Plymouth.

Portsmouth 20 Jun 1815 arrived from Cork.

Portsmouth 1 Nov 1815 departed to the Eastward to be paid off.

28 Aug 1816 lying at Deptford ; offered for sale.