HMS Rapid (H32)

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HMS Rapid (H32) was an R-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy that saw service during World War II. She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate, with the new pennant number F138.

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v • d • e Q and R class destroyers Q class Quadrant - Quail - Quality - Queenborough - Quentin - Quiberon - Quickmatch - Quilliam R class Racehorse - Raider - Rapid - Redoubt - Relentless - Rocket - Roebuck - Rotherham List of destroyer classes of the Royal Navy

v • d • e Type 15 frigate Rapid · Relentless · Rocket · Roebuck · Troubridge · Grenville · Ulster · Ulysses · Undaunted · Undine · Urania · Urchin · Ursa · Venus · Verulam · Vigilant · Virago · Volage · Wakeful · Whirlwind · Wizard · Wrangler · Zest List of frigates of the Royal Navy

Hms Rapid was a R Class destroyer part of the Force 70 group during the second world war.

Hms Rapid was badly damaged during a Japonease attack from the shore. With 20 killed and many wounded,

towed back to simons town (cape town south affirca)