HMS Rapid (1883)
HMS Rapid was an Satellite-class composite screw sloop of the Royal Navy, built at Devonport Dockyard and launched on 21 March 1883. She was later reclassified as a corvette. Initially on service with the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station, Rapid commenced service on the Australia Station in 1886. She was recommissioned three times in Sydney before leaving the Australia Station on 1 December 1897. In March 1902, it was announced that she would be sold out of service owing to defects in her machinery. Hulked in 1906, she was converted into a coal hulk in 1912 and was renamed C7. She became an accommodation ship in 1916 and was renamed Hart. She was sold at Gibraltar in 1948.
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HMS Rapid (1883)
HMS Rapid was an Satellite-class composite screw sloop of the Royal Navy, built at Devonport Dockyard and launched on 21 March 1883. She was later reclassified as a corvette. Initially on service with the Cape of Good Hope and West Africa Station, Rapid commenced service on the Australia Station in 1886. She was recommissioned three times in Sydney before leaving the Australia Station on 1 December 1897. In March 1902, it was announced that she would be sold out of service owing to defects in her machinery. Hulked in 1906, she was converted into a coal hulk in 1912 and was renamed C7. She became an accommodation ship in 1916 and was renamed Hart. She was sold at Gibraltar in 1948.
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HMS Rapid was an Satellite-cla ...... was sold at Gibraltar in 1948.
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commissioning date
1884-09-09
laying down
1881-04-21
length (μ)
ship beam (μ)
1.15824e+1
ship launched
1883-03-21
status
*Accommodation ship in 1916
*Converted to a coal hulk in 1912
*Hulked in 1906
*Sold at Gibraltar in 1948
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29,064,713
Wikipage revision ID
686,036,593
Ship armament
* Eight BL 6-inch/100-pounder (81cwt) Mk II guns
* One light gun
* Four machine guns
Ship armour
Internal steel deck over machinery and magazines
Ship complement
Ship displacement
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Ship propulsion
* Single horizontal compound-expansion steam engine
* Single screw
Ship range
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Ship renamed
*C7 in 1912
*Hart in 1916
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HMS Rapid was an Satellite-cla ...... was sold at Gibraltar in 1948.
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HMS Rapid (1883)
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HMS Rapid
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