HMS Rapid (H32)

HMS Rapid was an R-class destroyer of the Royal Navy that saw service during the Second World War and was sunk as a target in 1981.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Rapid.

Rapid underway on the River Mersey, February 1943
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Rapid
Ordered1 April 1940
BuilderCammell Laird & Company
Laid down16 June 1941
Launched16 July 1942
Commissioned20 February 1943
IdentificationPennant number: H32 (F138 from 1953)
FateSunk as target 13 September 1981
General characteristics As R-class destroyer
Class and typeR-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 1,705 tons (1,732 tonnes)
  • 2,425 tons (2,464 tonnes) full load
Length358.25 ft (109.19 m) o/a
Beam35.75 ft (10.90 m)
Draught9.5 ft (2.9 m)
Propulsion2 x Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers, Parsons geared steam turbines, 40,000 shp (30,000 kW) on 2 shafts
Speed36 kn (67 km/h)
Range4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement176
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar Type 290 air warning
  • Radar Type 285 ranging & bearing
Armament
  • 4 × QF 4.7-inch (120-mm) Mk.IX guns single mounts CP Mk.XVIII
  • 4 × QF 2 pdr Mk.VIII (40 mm L/39), quad mount Mk.VII
  • 2 × 2, 4 × 1 QF 20 mm Oerlikon, single mount P Mk.III
  • 8 (2x4) tubes for 21-inch (530 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX
  • 4 × throwers & 2 x racks, 70 depth charges
General characteristics As Type 15 frigate
Displacement
  • 2,300 tons (standard)
  • 2,700 tons (full load)
Length358 ft (109 m) o/a
Beam37.75 ft (11.51 m)
Draught14.5 ft (4.4 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers,
  • steam turbines on 2 shafts,
  • 40,000 shp
Speed31 kn (57 km/h) (full load)
Range4,675 nmi (8,658 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement174
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Radar
  • Type 293Q target indication.
  • Type 277Q surface search
  • Type 974 navigation
  • Type 262 fire control on director CRBF
  • Type 1010 Cossor Mark 10 IFF
  • Sonar:
  • Type 174 search
  • Type 162 target classification
  • Type 170 attack
Armament
  • 1 × twin 4 in gun Mark 19
  • 1 × twin 40mm Bofors Mk.5;
  • 2 × Limbo Mark 10 A/S mortar
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