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HMS Rapid (1883) (7th)
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This the seventh ship to carry the name HMS Rapid was a
12-gun, composite screw corvette. Built at Devonport Dockyard, launched 21-Mar-1883, 200ft long, 38ft wide and displacing 1,420 tons. Armed with 2 x 6in, and 10 x 5in guns. Reduced to a hulk 1906. Used as a coal hulk and renamed C 7 1912. Renamed HMS Hart 1916 and used as an accommodation ship. Sold 1948 at Gibraltar.
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11 September, 2012.
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