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| 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 | ||
| 12 May 1868 - 31 July 1871 | Commanded (from commissioning at Woolwich) by Commander Hon 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 | ||
| Sa 9 October 1875 | Malta, Oct. 8. Vice-Admiral Drummond and his family arrived here to-day from Naples in the flagship Hercules, accompanied by the Swiftsure, Rapid, and Helicon. The Serapis arrived here yesterday from Plymouth, having experienced bad weather. She will leave for Brindisi on the 12th inst. | ||
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