HMS Rapid (1860)

Sister-ship, HMS Peterel
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Rapid
Ordered27 March 1858
BuilderDeptford Dockyard
Laid down18 August 1859
Launched29 November 1860
CommissionedJune 1862
FateBroken up at Malta in September 1881
General characteristics
Class & typeRosario-class sloop
Displacement913 tons
Length160 ft 10 in (49.02 m)
Beam30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Draught15 ft 10 in (4.83 m)
Installed power460 indicated horsepower
Propulsion
  • 2-cylinder horizontal single-expansion steam engine
  • Single screw
Sail plan
Speed9.1 kn (16.9 km/h) under power
Complement140
Armament
  • As built: 11 guns:
  • One 40-pdr Armstrong breech loaders
  • Six 32-pdr muzzle-loading smooth-bore guns
  • Four 20-pdr Armstrong breech loaders
  • By 1869: 3 guns
  • One 7-inch 7.5-ton muzzle-loading gun
  • Two 40-pdr Armstrong breech loaders

HMS Rapid was an 11-gun Rosario-class wooden-hulled screw-driven sloop of the Royal Navy, launched on 29 November 1860 at Deptford Dockyard and broken up in 1881.

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