HMS Rapid

HMS Rapid

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Rapid":

*HMS|Rapid|1804|6 was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1804 and sunk in 1808.
*HMS|Rapid|1808 schooner|6 was a 12-gun schooner captured from the French in 1808 and wrecked in 1814.
*HMS|Rapid|1808 brig-sloop|6 was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1808 and sold in 1814.
*HMS|Rapid|1829|6 was a 10-gun "Cherokee" class brig-sloop launched in 1829 and wrecked in 1838.
*HMS|Rapid|1840|6 was an 8-gun brig launched in 1840 and sold in 1856.
*HMS|Rapid|1860|6 was a wooden "Rosario"-class screw sloop launched in 1860 and broken up in 1881.
*HMS|Rapid|1883|6 was a "Satellite"-class composite screw corvette launched in 1883. She was hulked in 1906, used as a coal hulk named "C7" from 1912. She was converted to an accommodation hulk and renamed HMS "Hart" in 1916. She was sold in 1948.
*HMS|Rapid|1916|6 was an M class destroyer launched in 1916 and sold in 1927.
*HMS|Rapid|H32|6 was an R class destroyer launched in 1942. She was converted into a frigate in 1952 and was sunk as a target in 1981.


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