Name | Rapid (1860) | Explanation | |
Type | Sloop | ||
Launched | 29 November 1860 | ||
Hull | Wooden | Length | 160 feet |
Propulsion | Screw | Men | 140 |
Builders measure | 672 tons | ||
Displacement | 896 tons | ||
Guns | 11 | ||
Fate | 1881 | Last in commission | 1881 |
Class | Rosario | ||
Ships book | |||
Career | |||
Date | Event | ||
29 November 1860 | Launched at Deptford Dockyard. | ||
(1861) | Woolwich. | ||
12 June 1862 - 10 June 1866 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Commander Charles Trelawney Jago, Cape of Good Hope | ||
10 June 1866 - 24 January 1867 | Commanded (until paying off at Woolwich) by Acting Commander William Belford Stubbs, Cape of Good Hope | ||
14 May 1868 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Commander Francis Lindley Wood, Mediterranean | ||
(9 August 1871) - 20 September 1874 | Commanded (from commissioning at Malta) by Commander Hon Victor Alexander Montagu, Mediterranean. | ||
20 September 1874 - 4 September 1875 | Commanded by Commander Seymour Spencer Smith, Mediterranean (until Smith invalided) | ||
4 September 1875 | Commanded by Commander Adolphus Agustus Frederick Fitzgeorge, Mediterranean | ||
17 January 1878 - 6 May 1880 | Commanded by Commander Charles Cooper Penrose-Fitzgerald, Mediterranean | ||
3 April 1880 - 14 January 1881 | Commanded (until paying off at Malta) by Commander William Frederick Stanley Mann, Mediterranean | ||
September 1881 | Broken up at Malta. | ||
Extracts from the Times newspaper | |||
Date | Extract | ||
Tu 25 July 1871 | The following vessels of war are now on their passage home for the purpose of being put out of commission and their crew paid off: - The Forte, 24, 2,364 tons, 400-horse power, Capt. H. Fairfax, flagship of Rear-Admiral J.H. Cockburn, commanding the East India squadron, and the Nymph, 4, 1,084 tons, 300-horse power, Commander R. Adams, from the East Indies; the Charybdis, 17, 1,506 tons, 400-horse power, Capt. A.M'L. Lyons, from the Pacific; the Virago, 6, 1,053 tons, 200-horse power, paddlewheel steamer, Commander H.S. Sandys, from Australia; the |
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