| Name: | LIGHTNING |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 1857 |
| Completed: | 03/1857 |
| Builder: | Robert Fulton |
| Yard: | Newcastle |
| Yard Number: | |
| Dimensions: | 163grt, 90.0 x 23.5 x 12.5ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Brig |
| Construction: | Wood |
| Reg Number: | 16796 |
| History: | |
| 27/03/1857 | John Nixon & Joseph Marshall, Newcastle; George Masterton & Mary Coulson, Gateshead |
| 19/05/1869 | Alexander Goldie McKenzie, Aberdeen; registered at Aberdeen |
| by 1872 | Andrew Baxter, Aberdeen |
| by 1885 | Thomas Jefferson, West Hartlepool |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | Still listd in 1892 MNL |