| 词条 | HMS Rapid (1916) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HMS Rapid was a destroyer of the M class which served with the Royal Navy. Launched by Thornycroft on 14 October 1916 as the first of six similar ships, the destroyer served as part of the Grand Fleet during World War I. The design was used as the basis for the subsequent five ships of the {{sclass2-|R|destroyer (1916)|0}} also built by the yard. Rapid served in an escort role in the Grand Fleet until it was disbanded at the end of the War and was sold to be scrapped on 21 April 1928. Design{{Main|Thornycroft M-class destroyer|l1=M-class destroyer}}Rapid was one of two {{sclass2-|M|destroyer (1913)|0}} destroyers ordered by the British Admiralty from John I. Thornycroft & Company in May 1915 as part of the Fifth War Construction Programme. The ships differed from the Admiralty design in having more powerful engines, which gave them a higher potential speed.{{sfn|Friedman|2009|page=308}} Rapid was {{convert|274|ft|m}} long overall and {{convert|265|ft|m}} long between perpendiculars, with a beam of {{convert|27|ft|6|in|m}} and a draught of {{convert|10|ft|m}}.{{sfn|Parkes|Prendegast|1919|page=110}} Displacement was {{convert|1033|LT|t}} normal and {{convert|1208|LT|t}} full load.{{sfn|Gardiner|Gray|1985|page=79}} Three Yarrow boilers fed steam to two sets of Brown-Curtis steam turbines rated at {{convert|27500|shp|kW|abbr=on}} and driving two shafts, giving a design speed of {{convert|35|kn}}, although the ship reached {{convert|35.45|kn}} during trials.{{sfn|Parkes|Prendegast|1919|page=110}} Three funnels were fitted, the centre one being wider than the others, a feature shared with the M and R class destroyers designed by Thornycroft.{{sfn|Gardiner|Gray|1985|page=79}} {{convert|275|LT}} of oil were carried, giving a design range of {{convert|1620|nmi}} at {{convert|20|kn}}.{{sfn|March|1966|page=143}} Armament consisted of three QF 4in Mk IV guns on the ship's centreline, with one on the forecastle, one aft and one between the second and third funnels.{{sfn|Parkes|Prendegast|1919|page=110}} Four {{convert|21|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} torpedoes were carried in two twin rotating mounts.{{sfn|Gardiner|Gray|1985|page=80}} By 1920, the ship was equipped with a single 2-pounder (40 mm) pom-pom anti-aircraft gun.{{sfn|March|1966|page=146}} Fire control included a single Dumaresq and a Vickers range clock.[1] The vessel had a complement of 82 officers and men.{{sfn|Parkes|Prendegast|1919|page=110}} ServiceRapid was laid down in October 1915 and launched on 15 July 1916.{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|page=331}} On commissioning in September 1916, the ship joined the Grand Fleet, initially joining the Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla.{{sfn|The Navy List|1917|page=12}} The destroyer was employed on escort duties and it was during one these during August 1917 that, along with {{HMS|Tirade|1917|2}}, Rapid unsuccessfully attacked a fleeing submarine.{{sfn|Williams|1997|page=151}} Rapid continued to serve with the Fifteenth Destroyer Flotilla until the end of the war.{{sfn|The Navy List|1918|page=12}} When the Grand Fleet was disbanded, Rapid was kept on “miscellaneous service.”{{sfn|The Navy List|1920|page=710}}{{efn|Contemporary documents also list a HMS Rapid in Gibraltar but this was a different vessel.{{sfn|Winfrield|Lyon|2004|page=293}}}} In 1921, the ship was seconded to the Compass Department of the Admiralty, which had responsibility for many of the scientific instruments used on board ships of the Navy.{{sfn|The Navy List|1921|page=704}} The destroyer was sold to G Cohen for breaking up on 20 April 1927.{{sfn|Colledge|Warlow|2006|page=331}} Pennant numbers
Notes{{notelist}}ReferencesCitations1. ^{{cite journal|title=Fire Control in H.M. Ships|journal=The Technical History and Index: Alteration in Armaments of H.M. Ships during the War|year=1919|volume=3|number=23|page=31}} Bibliography
4 : 1916 ships|Thornycroft M-class destroyers|Ships built in Southampton|World War I destroyers of the United Kingdom |
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