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==Service==
==Service==
Re-commissioned at Sydney on 12 April, 1888.{{NLMar91|p. 247}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William McCoy FitzGerald Castle|nick=William McC. F. Castle|appt=23 December, 1888{{NLMar91|p. 247}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles G. Brodie|appt=14 January, 1914<ref>Brodie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|end=13 May, 1915<ref>Brodie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|note=and in command of [[Gibraltar Submarine Flotilla]]}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Charles Gordon Brodie|nick=Charles G. Brodie|appt=14 January, 1914<ref>Brodie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|end=13 May, 1915<ref>Brodie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|}} f. 600.</ref>|note=and in command of [[Gibraltar Submarine Flotilla]]}}
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Revision as of 14:06, 6 August 2015

H.M.S. Rapid (1883)
Builder: Devonport Royal Dockyard[1]
Laid down: Apr, 1881[2]
Launched: 21 Mar, 1883[3]
Completed: Jul, 1884[4]
Sold: 1948[5]

H.M.S. Rapid was one of seven Satellite Class corvettes completed for the Royal Navy.

Service

Re-commissioned at Sydney on 12 April, 1888.[6]

Captains

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 53.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 53.
  3. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 53.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 53.
  5. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905. p. 53.
  6. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 247.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 247.
  8. Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.
  9. Brodie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 600.

Bibliography


Satellite Class Corvette
Satellite Caroline Heroine Hyacinth Rapid
  Pylades Royalist