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She was reduced to Special Complement on 24 April, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 852}}
She was reduced to Special Complement on 24 April, 1920.{{NLJan21|p. 852}}
''Rapid'' was reduced to Reserve Complement on 23 October, 1924, tender to {{UK-Dido}}.{{NLApr25|p. 262}}
Following another series of trials under command of [[Orrell Bake]], ''Rapid'' was again reduced to reserve on 22 June, 1925.{{NLFeb26|p. 262}}
Following an earlier round of a flotilla leader and seventeen destroyers, ''Rapid'' was named in September 1925 as one of an additional fifteen destroyers to be scrapped in the fiscal year starting 1 April, 1926.{{ToL|More Destroyers to be Scrapped|Tuesday, September 22, 1925, Issue 44073, p.7}}


==Captains==
==Captains==
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Stannus Goff|nick=Reginald S. Goff|appt=14 September, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 397''i''}}|precBy=New Command}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Cecil Rupert Hemans|nick=Cecil R. Hemans|appt=9 September, 1916<ref>Hemans Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/47/151.|D7603858}} f. 356.</ref>|end=14 September, 1916<ref>Hemans Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/47/151.|D7603858}} f. 356.</ref>|precBy=New Command|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis|nick=Alban T. B. Curteis|appt=15 November, 1918{{NLDec18|p. 890}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Reginald Stannus Goff|nick=Reginald S. Goff|appt=14 September, 1916{{NLNov17|p. 397''i''}}|end=14 November, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Rowland Leeds|nick=Rowland Leeds|appt=13 December, 1918{{NLJan19|p. 890}}|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Alban Thomas Buckley Curteis|nick=Alban T. B. Curteis|appt=15 November, 1918<ref>Curteis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>{{NLDec18|p. 890}}|end=12 December, 1918<ref>Curteis Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/13.|D7604768}} f. 13.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Orrell Bake|nick=Orrell Bake|appt=13 February, 1919{{NLSep19|p. 890}}|end=September, 1920{{NLSep20|p. 852}}{{NLJan21|p. 852}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Henry Clive Rawlings|nick=Henry C. Rawlings|appt=5 September, 1918<ref>Rawlings Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|end=September, 1918<ref>Rawlings Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/96.|D7604000}} f. 500.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=James Chaigneau Colvill|nick=James C. Colvill|appt=17 September, 1920{{NLJan21|p. 852}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=Roland Leeds|nick=Roland Leeds|appt=13 December, 1918<ref>Leeds Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/187.|}}  f. 187.</ref>{{NLJan19|p. 890}}|end=31 January, 1919<ref>Leeds Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/187.|}}  f. 187.</ref>|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Orrell Bake|nick=Orrell Bake|appt=3 March, 1924{{NLJul24|p. 262}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Orrell Bake|nick=Orrell Bake|appt=1 February, 1919<ref>Bake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/237.|D7576685}}  f. 288.</ref>|ass=13 February, 1919{{NLSep19|p. 890}}|end=1 October, 1920<ref>Bake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/237.|D7576685}} f. 288.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LiCRN}}|name=James Chaigneau Colvill|nick=James C. Colvill|appt=17 September, 1920<ref>Colvill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/7.|D7605763}} f. 7.</ref>{{NLJan21|p. 852}}|end=April, 1922<ref>Colvill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/55/7.|D7605763}} f. 7.</ref>|ass=1 October, 1920<ref>Bake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/237.|D7576685}}  f. 288.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Orrell Bake|nick=Orrell Bake|appt=3 March, 1924<ref>Bake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/237.|D7576685}}  f. 288.</ref>{{NLJul24|p. 262}}|end=23 October, 1924<ref>Bake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/237.|D7576685}}  f. 288.</ref>|note=for period of trials, reduced to Reserve Complement at end}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Ralph Wilmot Wilkinson|nick=Ralph W. Wilkinson|appt=10 July, 1924{{NavAppts|Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683}}<ref>Wilkinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/89.|D7604188}}  f. 47.</ref>|end=21 August, 1924<ref>Wilkinson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49/89.|D7604188}}  f. 47.</ref>|note=temporary, for Reserve Fleet Exercises}}
{{Tenure|rank={{LCommRN}}|name=Orrell Bake|nick=Orrell Bake|appt=14 April, 1925<ref>Bake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/237.|D7576685}}  f. 288.</ref>|end=22 June, 1925<ref>Bake Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/237.|D7576685}}  f. 288.</ref>{{NLFeb26|p. 262}}|note=for period of trials}}
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 19:12, 4 August 2021

H.M.S. Rapid (1916)
Pendant Number: G.63 (Sep 1915)
G.78 (Jan 1917)
G.83 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: John I. Thornycroft & Company[2]
Launched: 15 Jul, 1916[3]
Completed: Sep, 1916[4]
Sold:

H.M.S. Rapid was one of one hundred and three destroyers of the "M" class built for the Royal Navy during the Great War.

Service

Rapid was assigned to the Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla in October, 1916, as it was still building up to strength.[5]

She was reduced to Special Complement on 24 April, 1920.[6]

Rapid was reduced to Reserve Complement on 23 October, 1924, tender to Dido.[7]

Following another series of trials under command of Orrell Bake, Rapid was again reduced to reserve on 22 June, 1925.[8]

Following an earlier round of a flotilla leader and seventeen destroyers, Rapid was named in September 1925 as one of an additional fifteen destroyers to be scrapped in the fiscal year starting 1 April, 1926.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 68.
  2. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 80.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 80.
  4. ↑ Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 309.
  5. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 12.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 852.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 262.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 262.
  9. ↑ "More Destroyers to be Scrapped." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, September 22, 1925, Issue 44073, p.7.
  10. ↑ Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
  11. ↑ Hemans Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/47/151. f. 356.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397i.
  13. ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 890.
  15. ↑ Curteis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/13. f. 13.
  16. ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  17. ↑ Rawlings Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/96. f. 500.
  18. ↑ Leeds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/187. f. 187.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1919). p. 890.
  20. ↑ Leeds Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/187. f. 187.
  21. ↑ Bake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/237. f. 288.
  22. ↑ Bake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/237. f. 288.
  23. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  24. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 852.
  25. ↑ Colvill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/7. f. 7.
  26. ↑ Bake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/237. f. 288.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 262.
  28. ↑ Bake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/237. f. 288.
  29. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Friday, Jun 20, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43683.
  30. ↑ Wilkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/89. f. 47.
  31. ↑ Wilkinson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49/89. f. 47.
  32. ↑ Bake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/237. f. 288.
  33. ↑ Bake Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/237. f. 288.
  34. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 262.

Bibliography


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